lip-synch

verb

ˈlip-ˌsiŋk 

variants or lip-sync

lip-synched or lip-synced; lip-synching or lip-syncing; lip-synchs or lip-syncs

transitive verb

: to pretend to sing or say at precisely the same time with recorded sound

She lip-synched the song that was playing on the radio.

intransitive verb

: to lip-synch something

It was obvious that she was lip-synching.

lip sync noun

lip-syncher noun

or lip-syncer

Examples of lip-synch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But during rehearsals, it was discovered that the plant could not believably lip-synch at that speed. — Andrew Buss, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026

The pair lip-synch to their song while jumping on the twin bed and dancing around the room. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Kid Rock‘s lip-synch was screwed up. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026

People will watch famous people eat a bowl of cereal, dance, lip-synch, do Navy SEAL training, or box. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1961, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for lip-synch

• bullfinch
• goldfinch
• cinch
• finch
• flinch
• inch
• lynch
• pinch
• synch
• winch