Lip-sync
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Lip-sync is a verb meaning (music, singing, transitive) To move the lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they are the source of the sounds.
Meaning
(music, singing, transitive) To move the lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they are the source of the sounds.
Example Sentences
She lip-synced to her own recording during the show because of her laryngitis.
There was a great scandal when it was discovered the singer had been only lip-syncing.
Tolokonnikova is one of two members of the punk group Pussy Riot who are serving two-year sentences for lip-syncing and playing air guitar for 40 seconds in a peaceful protest in the largest Moscow cathedral.
Word Forms
- lip-syncs
- lip-syncing
- lip-synching
- lip-synced
- lip-synched
- lip-synch
- lipsynch
- lipsync
Synonyms for lip-sync
Depending on context, synonyms include lip-synch.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lip-synch, lipsync, lipsynch, lipread, lip-read, ghost.
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