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lip-sync

lip-sync verb: to move the lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they are the source of the sounds.

Verb

lip-sync (third-person singular simple present lip-syncs, present participle lip-syncing or lip-synching, simple past and past participle lip-synced or lip-synched)

  1. (transitive, singing) To move the lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they are the source of the sounds.
    • 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.

lip-sync meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

lip-sync in Tamil

ஒலி, பட அசைவு ஒருங்கிணைத்தல்

lip-sync in Vietnamese

to move lips in synchronization with sounds
hát nhép

Forms of lip-sync

third-person singular presentlip-syncs
present participlelip-syncing
present participlelip-synching
past participlelip-synced
pastlip-synced
past participlelip-synched
pastlip-synched
alternative formlip-synch
alternative formlipsynch
alternative formlip sync
alternative formlipsync

Origin of lip-sync

From lip sync.

Words formed from lip-sync

Questions about lip-sync

What does lip-sync mean?
Lip-sync means to move the lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they are the source of the sounds.
What is lip-sync in Tamil?
Lip-sync in Tamil is ஒலி, பட அசைவு ஒருங்கிணைத்தல். See Lip-sync meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lip-sync?
Lip-sync is a verb.
What is the past tense of lip-sync?
The past tense of lip-sync is lip-synced.

Words near lip-sync in the dictionary

  1. lip-smacking
  2. lip-smackingly
  3. lip-smackings
  4. lip-strap
  5. lip-straps
  6. lip-sync
  7. lip-synced
  8. lip-syncer
  9. lip-syncers
  10. lip-synch
  11. lip-synched

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lip-sync (page history and authors); lip-sync (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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