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

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

The tune’s TikTok ecosystem includes edits and trends involving the 2005 movie Corpse Bride, plus lip-synch content. —Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 31 Oct. 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

So Roxxxy wins the lip-synch and sends the whole episode into the stratosphere. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 June 2024

Studios often rely on pre-recorded tracks when filming musical numbers, which requires performers to lip-synch along on set. —Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024

But lip-synch scandals and an insistence by Morvan and Pilatus on singing on a follow-up album brought troubles to a head within the Milli Vanilli camp. —A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024

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