lip-sync
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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to synchronize (recorded sound) with lip movements, as of an actor in a film.
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to match lip movements with (recorded speech or singing).
She did a clumsy job of lip-syncing her big song.
noun
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the technical process by which this is done.
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the simultaneous recording of voice and picture, especially the synchronization of lip movements with recorded sound.
Etymology
Origin of lip-sync
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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She recorded videos of her lip-syncing to pop songs and practising dance routines, as well as her struggles.
From BBC
Lead vocals must be performed live, with no lip-syncing or auto-tuning allowed and a maximum of six singers and dancers on stage.
From BBC
“It was such a shock,” Mason says of the lip-syncing scandal.
From Los Angeles Times
They would sing live in addition to lip-syncing to playback and Fastvold amassed a huge variety of live tracks — vocals, breaths and other bodily sounds — for her final mix.
From Los Angeles Times
He films himself lip-syncing and pretending to play an electronic keyboard, then edits the final video with game footage and transitions.
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