lip-sync
To move the lips in synchronization with sounds so it appears they are the source of…To move the lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they are the source of the sounds.
Meaning
1 sensesTo 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.
lippensynchron singen
исполня́ть под фоногра́ммуispolnjátʹ pod fonográmmu
виконува́ти під фоногра́муvykonuváty pid fonohrámu
move the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song)
Translations
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Origin
From lip sync.From lip sync.
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Forms
lip-syncs, lip-syncing, lip-synced, lip-synced| Base form | lip-sync · to lip-sync |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | lip-syncs |
| Present participle | lip-syncing |
| Past simple | lip-synced / lip-synched |
| Past participle | lip-synced / lip-synched |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- move the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song):lip-synch
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.