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• Lisp — Lisp, v. t. 1. To pronounce with a lisp. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lisp´er — lisp «lihsp», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to use the sound of th in thin and then instead of the sound of s in bus and is when speaking: »A person who lisps might say, “Thing a thong of thixpenth” for “Sing a song of sixpence.” …   Useful english dictionary

• lisp — [lisp] vi. [ME lyspen, earlier wlispen < OE wlyspian < wlisp, wlips, a lisping, akin to Ger lispeln, MLowG wlispen, wilspen, of echoic orig.] 1. to substitute the sounds (th) and (th) for the sounds of s and z, as in pronouncing sing as… …   English World dictionary

• lisp — ► NOUN ▪ a speech defect in which s is pronounced like th in thick and z is pronounced like th in this. ► VERB ▪ speak with a lisp. DERIVATIVES lisper noun. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

• Lisp (programming language) — Infobox programming language name = Lisp paradigm = multi paradigm: functional, procedural, reflective generation = 3GL year = 1958 designer = John McCarthy developer = Steve Russell, Timothy P. Hart, and Mike Levin latest release version =… …   Wikipedia

• Lisp — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Lisp ICD10 = ICD10|F|80|8|f|80 ICD9 = ICD9|307.9 A lisp (OE wlisp , stammering) Concise English Dictionary Wordsworth Editions Ltd. 1994, ISBN 1 85326 328 1] is a speech impediment, historically also known as… …   Wikipedia

• lisp — lisper, n. lispingly, adv. /lisp/, n. 1. a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th sounds of thin and this, respectively. 2. Phonet. any unconventional articulation of the sibilants, as the pronunciation of s… …   Universalium

• LISP — List Processing Language * * * lisp lisp vi 1) to pronounce the sibilants /s/ and /z/ imperfectly esp. by giving them the sounds /th/ and /th/ 2) to speak with a lisp vt to utter with a lisp lisp n a speech defect or affectation characterized by… …   Medical dictionary

• lisp — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wlyspian; akin to Old High German lispen to lisp Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to pronounce the sibilants s and z imperfectly especially by turning them into th and ṯẖ 2. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lisp — [[t]lɪ̱sp[/t]] lisps, lisping, lisped 1) N COUNT: usu sing If someone has a lisp, they pronounce the sounds s and z as if they were th . For example, they say thing instead of sing . He has a slight lisp. 2) VERB If someone lisps, they say… …   English dictionary

• lisp — [[t]lɪsp[/t]] n. 1) phn a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th sounds of thin and this, respectively 2) phn any unconventional articulation of the sibilants, as the pronunciation of (s) and (z) with the… …   From formal English to slang