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lip-synch
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lip-synch also lip-sync (lpsngk)
v. lip-synched also lip-synced, lip-synch·ing also lip-sync·ing, lip-synchs also lip-syncs
v.intr.
To move the lips in synchronization with recorded speech or song.
v.tr.
To move the lips in synchronization with (recorded speech or song): She lip-synched the songs for the movie.

lip-synch, lip-sync [ˈlɪpˌsɪŋk]
vb
(Communication Arts / Broadcasting) to mouth (prerecorded words) on television or film
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Verb1.lip-synch - move the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song)
mouth - articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"


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Actors traipsed about melodramatically before cartoonish backdrops and lip-synced lyrics sung by Young, who performed all night beneath a long-billed ball cap (I never actually got a good glimpse of his face).
What matters is the three-minute lip sync to "Fools Rush In" done by Gazzara, a disjunctive, sentimental interruption whose presence in the film isn't justified until the end credits: the voice Gazzara lip-synced belonged to Vincent Gallo, Sr.
The earlier techniques used a short-cut that simplified the problem and guaranteed a realistic outcome-as if the tone-deaf Elvis impersonator only lip-synced instead of actually singing.
 
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