lip-sync









lip-sync


lip-sync or lip·synch, lip·sync [lip-singk]Movies, Television. ExamplesWord Origin verb (used with or without object)

  1. to synchronize (recorded sound) with lip movements, as of an actor in a film.
  2. to match lip movements with (recorded speech or singing): She did a clumsy job of lip-syncing her big song.

noun

  1. the technical process by which this is done.
  2. the simultaneous recording of voice and picture, especially the synchronization of lip movements with recorded sound.

Origin of lip-sync First recorded in 1960–65 Examples from the Web for lip-sync Contemporary Examples of lip-sync

  • The higher your score, the more likely it is that you can lip-sync along to the “Checkers” Speech.

    The World’s Toughest Political Quiz

    Jeff Greenfield

    December 31, 2014

  • It had been many moons since I’ve heard a pop star do anything but lip-sync.

    Gaza to Jersey: A Star is Born

    Maysoon Zayid

    November 25, 2013

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