Definition of Lip-sync

1. Verb. Move the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song).

Exact synonyms: Lip-synch
Generic synonyms: Mouth

Definition of Lip-sync

1. Verb. (music) To move lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they are the source of the sounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lip-sync

lionly
lions
lionship
liothyronine
liotrix
liottite
lip-
lip-gloss
lip-lock
lip-read
lip-smacking
lip-smackingly
lip-strap
lip-straps
lip-sync (current term)
lip-synced
lip-synch
lip-syncing
lip-syncs
lip balm
lip bear
lip bears
lip bumper
lip clap
lip dub
lip duo
lip fern
lip gloss

Literary usage of Lip-sync

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Celebrate Life: A Guide for Planning All Night Alcohol & Drug-Free edited by Sharon Murphy (1992)
"Some may become traditions with students coming to the celebration prepared to enter particular contests. • Dance • Lip sync • Hoola-hoop • Pie Eating ..."

2. Script Models: A Handbook for the Media Writerby Robert Lee, Robert Misiorowski by Robert Lee, Robert Misiorowski (1978)
"Lip sync, (from "synchronization") in film, the precise matching of speech with lip movement or, consequently, of any sound with the object ..."

3. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"At nine o'clock on a Saturday evening in January, the fountain at Center Court is full of teenage boys performing for girls, while others lip-sync to ..."

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