LISP


Meaning of LISP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lɪsp ]

( lisps, lisping, lisped)

1.

If someone has a lisp , they pronounce the sounds ‘s’ and ‘z’ as if they were ‘th’. For example, they say ‘thing’ instead of ‘sing’.

He has a slight lisp.

N-COUNT : usu sing

2.

If someone lisps , they say something with a lisp or speak with a lisp.

The little man, upset, was lisping badly...

Bochmann lisped his congratulations.

...her low, lisping voice.

VERB : V , V n , V-ing

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