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lisp

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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.

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

lisper n.

lisp
Noun
a speech defect in which s and z are pronounced like the th sounds in English thin and then respectively
Verb
to speak with a lisp [Old English wlisp lisping (imitative)]

LISP
Noun
a high-level computer programming language suitable for work in artificial intelligence [lis(t) p(rocessing)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lisp - a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
defect of speech, speech defect, speech disorder - a disorder of oral speech
2.LISP - a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists
programing language, programming language - (computer science) a language designed for programming computers
Verb1.lisp - speak with a lisp
enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
Translations

lisp [lɪsp] nceceo
lisp [lɪsp] nzézaiement m
vizézayer
lisp [lɪsp] nLispeln nt
vilispeln
lisp [lɪsp] ndifetto nel pronunciare le sibilanti

lisp
v lisp [lisp]
to say th for s or z because of being unable to pronounce these sounds correctly. lispel, sleeptong praatيَلْثَغ، يَنْطُق السّين ثاءًфъфляšišlatlæspelispelnψευδίζωcecearsoselemaنوک زبانی صحبت کردنlespatazézayerלְבַטֵא ס' וז' בִּשיבּוּשतुतलानाšušljanje, pogrešan izgovorselypítpelatvera smámæltur(avere una pronuncia blesa)舌もつれで話す혀짧은 소리로 발음하다švepliuotišļupstētpelat menyebut huruf ``s''lispelenlespeseplenićciciara sâsâiшепелявитьšušľaťsesljativrskatiläspaพูดไม่ชัดpeltek konuşmak咬舌兒шепелявитиتتلاناnói ngọng
n
the act or habit of lisping She has a lisp.gelispelلَثْغ، لَثْغَهфъфленеšišlavostlæspendas Lispelnψεύδισμαceceososelusلکنتlespaaminenzézaiementפְּגָם בְּהִיגוּי ס' וז'तुतलाहटšušljanjeselypítéspelatsmámæliblesità舌もつれの発音혀짧은 소리švepliavimasšļupstēšana; šļupstikepelatan menyebut huruf ``s''slissende uitspraaklespingseplenieniececeiosâsâitшепелявостьšušľavosťsesljanjevrskanjeläspningการพูดไม่ชัดpelteklik咬舌兒,口齒不清шепелявістьتتلاہٹtật nói ngọng齿

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ROMANCE, who loves to nod and sing, With drowsy head and folded wing, Among the green leaves as they shake Far down within some shadowy lake, To me a painted paroquet Hath been - a most familiar bird - Taught me my alphabet to say - To lisp my very earliest word While in the wild wood I did lie, A child - with a most knowing eye.
"Look here, Captain," said Montgomery, with his lisp a little accentuated, gripping the elbows of the red-haired man, "this won't do
Your manicure will lisp softly that your left forefinger reminds her so much of a gentleman's in Richmond, Va.
 
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