"lip-sync" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lip-syncs [present, singular, third-person], lip-syncing [participle, present], lip-synced [participle, past], lip-synced [past]
Etymology: From lip sync. Etymology templates: {{m|en|lip sync}} lip sync 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. (music, singing) To move lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they are the source of the sounds. Wikipedia link: lip-sync Categories (topical): Music, Singing Synonyms: lip-synch, lipsynch, lip sync, lipsync Derived forms: lip-syncer Coordinate_terms: mime Translations (to move lips in synchronization with sounds): 假唱 (jiǎchàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 對嘴 (Chinese Mandarin), 对嘴 (duìzuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 咪嘴 (mīzuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), playbacken (Dutch), lippen (Dutch), liikutella huuliaan (Finnish), huulisynkata (Finnish), laulaa playbackina (Finnish), faire du playback (French), chanter en playback (French), lippensynchron singen (German), tátog (Hungarian), cantare in playback (Italian), 口パクする (kuchipaku suru) (Japanese), リップシンクする (rippushinku suru) (Japanese), leppesynkronisering (Norwegian), śpiewać z playbacku [imperfective] (Polish), usar playback (Portuguese), исполня́ть под фоногра́мму (ispolnjátʹ pod fonográmmu) [imperfective] (Russian), hacer playback (Spanish), mima (Swedish), läppsynka (Swedish), виконува́ти під фоногра́му (vykonuváty pid fonohrámu) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), hát nhép (Vietnamese)

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