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lip-syncing

lip-syncing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Noun

lip-syncing (uncountable)

  1. The act of lip-syncing.

Forms of lip-syncing

alternative formlip-synching

Questions about lip-syncing

What does lip-syncing mean?
Lip-syncing means the act of lip-syncing.
What is lip-syncing the present participle and gerund of?
Lip-syncing is the present participle and gerund of lip-sync.
What part of speech is lip-syncing?
Lip-syncing is a noun.

Words near lip-syncing in the dictionary

  1. lip-synch
  2. lip-synched
  3. lip-synching
  4. lip-synchings
  5. lip-synchs
  6. lip-syncing
  7. lip-syncs
  8. lipa
  9. lipaemia
  10. lipaemias
  11. lipaemic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lip-syncing (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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