Associations to the word «Lisping»

Wiktionary

LISP, noun. The habit or an act of lisping.
LISP, verb. To pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ () — a defect common amongst children.
LISP, verb. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.
LISP, verb. To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
LISP, verb. 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.
LISP, verb. To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.
LISP, proper noun. A functional programming language with a distinctive parenthesized syntax, much used in artificial intelligence.
LISP, proper noun. Alternative spelling of Lisp

Dictionary definition

LISP, noun. A speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'.
LISP, noun. A flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists.
LISP, verb. Speak with a lisp.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats