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lip-synch

lip-synch is the alternative spelling of lip-sync.

Meaning of lip-sync

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.

Forms of lip-synch

third-person singular presentlip-synchs
present participlelip-synching
past participlelip-synched
pastlip-synched

Questions about lip-synch

What is lip-synch the alternative spelling of?
Lip-synch is the alternative spelling of lip-sync.

Words near lip-synch in the dictionary

  1. lip-straps
  2. lip-sync
  3. lip-synced
  4. lip-syncer
  5. lip-syncers
  6. lip-synch
  7. lip-synched
  8. lip-synching
  9. lip-synchings
  10. lip-synchs
  11. lip-syncing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lip-synch (page history and authors); lip-sync (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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