'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

Acronyms for 'lisp'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • LISt Processor (LISP)
  • Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses (LISP, slang)

Words containing 'LISP'