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Lisp

/lɪl͡sp/

The habit or an act of lisping.

📖 Definitions of "Lisp"

noun
  1. 1

    The habit or an act of lisping.

    "He used to have a terrible lisp before going to a speech therapist."

verb
  1. 1

    To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/). This is a speech impediment common among children.

  2. 2

    To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.

  3. 3

    To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.

  4. 4

    To express by the use of simple, childlike language.

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list-processing languagenouna flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists

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list-processing languagenouna flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists
sigmatismnounA lisp.
statnoun(Canada, informal) A statutory public holiday (also as stat holiday).
lithpnoun(humorous or childish) Pronunciation spelling of lisp, representing lisped English. [The act or a habit of lisping.]
lip-smackingnoun(informal) Tasty; appetizing.
lingnounCommon heather (Calluna vulgaris)
licknounThe act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
lapsus linguænounArchaic spelling of lapsus linguae. [(formal) An inadvertent remark; slip of the tongue.]
lip languagenoun(dated) Language produced by clearly moving the lips so that it can be lipread.
lissnounA village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7727).
lollopingnounThe motion of something that lollops.
labialnoun(linguistics, phonetics) A consonant articulated by the lips.
lipreadingnounThe act of reading lips.
lollingverbThe act of one who lolls.
labializationnoun(phonology) A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation.
lincturenounAny medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
languagismnoun(rare) Linguicism; discrimination or chauvinism based on features of language such as accent, syntax, or vocabulary.
slobberingverbThe act of one who slobbers.
linguolabial(phonetics) articulated with the tongue and the upper lip.
liltnounA lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.

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