'LISP' definitions:
Definition of 'lisp'
From: WordNet
noun
A speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
noun
A flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists [syn: LISP, list- processing language]
verb
Speak with a lisp
Definition of 'LISP'
From: GCIDE
- LISP \LISP\ (l[i^]sp), n. (Computers) [List Processing.] a high-level computer programming language in which statements and data are in the form of lists, enclosed in parentheses; -- used especially for rapid development of prototype programs in artificial intelligence applications . [PJC]
Definition of 'Lisp'
From: GCIDE
- Lisp \Lisp\, v. t.
- 1. To pronounce with a lisp. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to lisp the words unto them according as the babes and children of that age might sound them again. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lisp'
From: GCIDE
- Lisp \Lisp\, n. The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1. [1913 Webster]
- I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, "O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature." --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lisp'
From: GCIDE
- Lisp \Lisp\ (l[i^]sp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lisped (l[i^]spt); p. pr. & vb. n. Lisping.] [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. l[aum]spa, Dan. lespe.]
- 1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk. [1913 Webster]
- As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid. [1913 Webster]
- Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lisp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aphonia,
- artificial voice,
- assibilate,
- assibilation,
- broken speech,
- broken tones,
- broken voice,
- buzz,
- childish treble,
- choked voice,
- cracked voice,
- croak,
- crow,
- drawl,
- dysarthria,
- dyslalia,
- dyslogia,
- dysphasia,
- dysphonia,
- dysphrasia,
- effervesce,
- effervescence,
- effervescing,
- falsetto,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- fizzling,
- frication,
- frictional rustling,
- harshness,
- hawking voice,
- hiss,
- hissing,
- hoarseness,
- hush,
- hushing,
- idioglossia,
- idiolalia,
- impairment of speech,
- lisping,
- loss of voice,
- mince,
- muzzy speech,
- nasal tone,
- nasalization,
- quaver,
- rhonchus,
- shake,
- shush,
- shushing,
- sibilance,
- sibilate,
- sibilation,
- siffle,
- sigmatism,
- siss,
- sissing,
- sizz,
- sizzle,
- sizzling,
- sneeze,
- sneezing,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- speech defect,
- speech impediment,
- spit,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- squash,
- squelch,
- squish,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- swish,
- talk incoherently,
- tremor,
- twang,
- wheeze,
- whish,
- whistle,
- whistling,
- white noise,
- whiz,
- whoosh,
- zip
Acronyms for 'LISP'
From: V.E.R.A.
- LISt Processor (LISP)
- Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses (LISP, slang)