lip-synch
verb
variants
or lip-sync
lip-synched or lip-synced; lip-synching or lip-syncing; lip-synchs or lip-syncs
: 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.
: 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
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Enjoy games like dance and lip-synch battles, plus drinks and mingling.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Keegan-Michael Key (sporting a Lions jersey) for a lip-synch segment that nodded to Detroit’s Motown Records legacy.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Following a jaw-dropping lip-synch that was too close to call, Season 17's top five queens, including Suzie Toot, Onya Nurve, Sam Star, Lexi Love and Jewels Sparkles will all stay to race another week.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Humans, on the other hand, lip-synch, build space stations and, less grandiosely, have been known to do things such as spend six years trying to park in all 211 spots of a grocery store lot.
—Eli Elster, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Monday: Barrio does drag night with a lip-synch show at midnight that just gets the wildest crowd; leave Dad at home.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
The short-form video platform had merged with popular lip-synch app Musical.ly in 2018, absorbing its young stars and fan base.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
The British rapper’s latest single was released on Dec. 5 and has gone viral for its raunchy lyrical content, with some of the top-performing TikTok uploads being reaction videos alongside lip-synch clips.
—Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2024
Drag queens strolled around taking selfies with children, medical companies handed out swag at their booths, and friend groups shopped for clothes and watched lip-synch acts onstage.
—Joseph Gallivan, Axios, 22 July 2024
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Keegan-Michael Key (sporting a Lions jersey) for a lip-synch segment that nodded to Detroit’s Motown Records legacy.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Following a jaw-dropping lip-synch that was too close to call, Season 17's top five queens, including Suzie Toot, Onya Nurve, Sam Star, Lexi Love and Jewels Sparkles will all stay to race another week.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
Humans, on the other hand, lip-synch, build space stations and, less grandiosely, have been known to do things such as spend six years trying to park in all 211 spots of a grocery store lot.
—Eli Elster, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Monday: Barrio does drag night with a lip-synch show at midnight that just gets the wildest crowd; leave Dad at home.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
The short-form video platform had merged with popular lip-synch app Musical.ly in 2018, absorbing its young stars and fan base.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
The British rapper’s latest single was released on Dec. 5 and has gone viral for its raunchy lyrical content, with some of the top-performing TikTok uploads being reaction videos alongside lip-synch clips.
—Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2024
Drag queens strolled around taking selfies with children, medical companies handed out swag at their booths, and friend groups shopped for clothes and watched lip-synch acts onstage.
—Joseph Gallivan, Axios, 22 July 2024
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“Lip-synch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lip-synch. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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