Lisper

LISP  (lsp)

n.

A programming language that processes lists. It is widely used in artificial intelligence research.

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[lis(t) p(rocessing).]

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lisp  (lsp)

n.

1. A speech defect or mannerism characterized by mispronunciation of the sounds (s) and (z) as (th) and (th).

2. A sound of or like a lisp: "The carpenter['s] . . . plane whistles its wild ascending lisp" (Walt Whitman).

v. lisped, lisp·ing, lisps

v.intr.

1. To speak with a lisp.

2. To speak imperfectly, as a child does.

v.tr.

To pronounce with a lisp.

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[From Middle English lispen, to lisp, from Old English -wlyspian (in wlyspian, to lisp), from wlisp, lisping.]

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lisper n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lisper - a speaker who lisps speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"