A lisp is a manner of speaking so that s and other similar consonants are blurred into more of a th sound. Most little kids have a bit of a lisp when they first start speaking.
To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
Noun
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Noun
a speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th
Verb
speak with a lisp
v. i.
To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s
and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
v. i.
To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as
a child learning to talk.
v. i.
To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.
v. t.
To pronounce with a lisp.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or
confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
n.
The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1.
Lisp
As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers came.3.
Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt.
Lisp
To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to lispe words unto them according as the babes and children of that age might sound them again.3.
Lisp
I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, "O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature." Tatler.To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
To pronounce with a lisp.
The habit or act of lisping. See
Lisp , v. i., 1.
Usage Examples
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