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lip-synch en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of lip-sync.
    alt of lip-sync
    • Well, the 1990s are our problem. In the West Wing we saw CJ [Cregg] lip-synch to Ronny Jordan's The Jackal and President [Jed] Bartlet light a cigarette in a church, but if you're going to make a show about news in the 2010s, you need to reflect the time. 2013 September 10, Anne T Donahue, “The Newsroom: a new season of hatewatching”, in The Guardian:
    • Impressed by their looks and their dancing, but not their singing, Mr. Farian called them Milli Vanilli and recorded an album of lightweight, preening dance-pop under their name, using uncredited studio musicians. The pair simply lip-synched in performances. 1998 April 7, Neil Strauss, “Robert Pilatus, 32, Performer In Disgraced Band Milli Vanilli”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lip-synchs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lip-synched Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lip-synched Tense=Past lexicographic
lip-synching Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic