lisp

About 0.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or a habit of lisping.

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

2. verb 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.

   Until the age of 10, Dominic would lisp, but this was fixed by a speech therapist.

3. verb To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
4. verb To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
5. verb to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
6. verb To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.

   to lisp treason

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

LISP LISPs lisped lisper lispers lisping lisps