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lip-sync

verb

Etymology

From lip sync.

Definitions

  1. To move the lips in synchronization with sounds (generally recorded) so it appears they…

    To move the 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.
    • Tolokonnikova is one of two members of the punk group Pussy Riot who are serving two-year sentences for lip-syncing and playing air guitar for 40 seconds in a peaceful protest in the largest Moscow cathedral.

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