lisp

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See also Lisp, and LISP

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Standard: IPA: /lɪsp/
  • Humorous:
    1. IPA: /lɪθp/
    2. IPA: /lɪʪp/

Noun[edit]

lisp (plural lisps)

  1. The habit or an act of lisping.

Translations[edit]

The habit or an act of lisping.

Verb[edit]

lisp (third-person singular simple present lisps, present participle lisping, simple past and past participle lisped)

  1. To pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (IPA: /θ / ð/) — a defect common amongst children.
  2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.
    • Alexander Pope
      As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, / I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came.
  3. To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
    • Drayton
      Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt.
  4. To pronounce with a lisp.
  5. 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.
  6. To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.

Translations[edit]

to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly

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