lip movement

Speechreading visual cues

Lip movement is the motion of the lips during speech, singing, or other oral activity.

The term appears most often in contexts involving synchronization—whether a dubbed film matches the actors' lip movements, or whether a performer's lip movements convincingly sync with recorded audio: The lip movements were slightly off from the dialogue.

Related

mutter · murmur · speaking · talking · lipread · silent · silent movie · lip sync · pursed · sync · dub · quiver · tremble · stiff upper lip · smile · frown · enunciation · breath

Categories
Opposites
communication modality

lip movementvocalization

Producing sounds with voice

spoken word · phonation · shouting · voice · sound production

physical motion vs. stillness

lip movementclosed mouth

Lips pressed together

tight-lipped · sealed lips · pursed lips · stone face

body part involvement in expression

lip movementhand gesture

Motion made with fingers

sign language · eye contact · facial expression · body language · written communication

Family

lips, lipped, movement, movements, move, moves, moved, moving, mover

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G