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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Kid Rock‘s lip-synch was screwed up.
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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.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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.
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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.
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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.
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Eli Elster,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
The tune’s TikTok ecosystem includes edits and trends involving the 2005 movie Corpse Bride, plus lip-synch content.
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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.
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Joseph Gallivan,
Axios,
22 July 2024
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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
Enjoy games like dance and lip-synch battles, plus drinks and mingling.
—
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
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
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“Lip-synch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lip-synch. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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