lip-sync

English

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Alternative forms

• lip-synch

Etymology

lip + shortened form of synchronize

Verb

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

1. (music) To move 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.

Translations

to move lips in synchronization with sounds

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假唱 (cmn) (jiǎchàng)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: liikutella huuliaan (fi)
• French: faire du playback (fr)
• German: lippensynchron singen (de)
• Hungarian: tátog (hu)

• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 口パクする (ja) (kuchi-baku-surú), リップシンクする (ja) (rippushinku-surú)
• Portuguese: usar (pt) playback (pt)
• Russian: исполнять под фонограмму (ru) (ispolnját’ pod fonográmmu)
• Spanish: hacer playback (es)
• Swedish: läppsynk (sv)

See also

• mime