lip-sync
or lip·synch, lip·sync
[ lip-singk ]
/ ˈlɪpˌsɪŋk /
verb (used with or without object)
to synchronize (recorded sound) with lip movements, as of an actor in a film.
to match lip movements with (recorded speech or singing): She did a clumsy job of lip-syncing her big song.
noun
the technical process by which this is done.
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
Words nearby lip-sync
lip service,
lip-,
lip-lock,
lip-read,
lip-reading,
lip-sync,
lip-synch,
lipa,
lipaemia,
lipan,
lipari islands
British Dictionary definitions for lip-synch
lip-synch
lip-sync
/ (ˈlɪpˌsɪŋk) /
verb
to mouth (prerecorded words) on television or film