Found 2 items, similar to Lisp.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lisp lisp n 1: a speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th 2: a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists [syn: list-processing language ] lisp v : speak with a lisp
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lisp 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] 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] 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["a]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]