LISP, list-processing language
(noun) a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists
lisp
(noun) a speech defect that involves pronouncing ‘s’ like voiceless ‘th’ and ‘z’ like voiced ‘th’
lisp
(verb) speak with a lisp
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Lisp
A functional programming language with a distinctive parenthesized syntax, much used in artificial intelligence.
• 3-Lisp
• LIPs, LSPI, lips, pils, slip
lisp (plural lisps)
The habit or an act of lisping.
lisp (third-person singular simple present lisps, present participle lisping, simple past and past participle lisped)
To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.
To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
(archaic) To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
(archaic) to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
(archaic) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.
• LIPs, LSPI, lips, pils, slip
LISP
Alternative spelling of Lisp
• LIPs, LSPI, lips, pils, slip
Source: Wiktionary
Lisp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lisped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lisping.] Etym: [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. läspa, Dan. lespe.]
1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk. As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers came. Pope.
3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid. Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt. Drayton.
Lisp, v. t.
1. To pronounce with a lisp.
2. 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. 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. Tyndale.
3. To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
Lisp, n.
Definition: The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1. I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, "O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature." Tatler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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