"lip sync" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lip sync (uncountable)
  1. (music, singing) The synchronization of prerecorded audio signals and movement of the lips such that there is no lack of simultaneity between them. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music, Singing Derived forms: lip-sync Translations (synchronization of music with lips): 咪嘴 (mai¹ zeoi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 假唱 (jiǎchàng) (Chinese Mandarin), playback [masculine] (Czech), playback [masculine] (Dutch), huulisynkronointi (Finnish), surjeu [masculine] (French), playback [masculine] (French), play-back [masculine] (French), Lippensynchronisation [feminine] (German), לִיפ סִינְק (english: lip sink) [masculine] (Hebrew), playback [masculine] (Italian), play-back [masculine] (Italian), 口パク (kuchi-paku) (Japanese), リップシンク (rippushinku) (Japanese), 립싱크 (ripsingkeu) (Korean), leppesynkronisere (Norwegian), لب زنی (Persian), لبزنی (lab-zani) (Persian), playback [masculine] (Polish), playback [masculine] (Portuguese), play-back [neuter] (Romanian), исполне́ние под фоногра́мму (ispolnénije pod fonográmmu) [neuter] (Russian), липси́нк (lipsínk) [masculine] (Russian), playback [masculine] (Slovak), plejbek [masculine] (Slovak), playback [masculine] (Spanish), läppsynk [common-gender] (Swedish), playback [common-gender] (Swedish), викона́ння під фоногра́му (vykonánnja pid fonohrámu) [neuter] (Ukrainian), nhép môi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-lip_sync-en-noun-VjmU~sq5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb

Forms: lip syncs [present, singular, third-person], lip syncing [participle, present], lip synced [participle, past], lip synced [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} lip sync (third-person singular simple present lip syncs, present participle lip syncing, simple past and past participle lip synced)
  1. Alternative spelling of lip-sync Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lip-sync Synonyms: lipsync, lipsynch [noun]
    Sense id: en-lip_sync-en-verb-EWX-gdN7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "lipsync"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "lipsynch"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lip sync"
  ],
  "word": "lip sync"
}

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