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lisp

noun

1 lisp

A speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'.

Roget 583: inarticulateness; stammering etc. v.; hesitation etc. v.; impediment in one's speech; titubancy, traulism; whisper etc. (faint sound) ... show more

Polish: sygmatyzm, seplenienie

2 LISP

A flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists.

synonym: list-processing language.

Polish: Lisp

verb

1 lisp

Speak with a lisp.

Roget 583: stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer; balbutiate, balbucinate, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together.    mumble, mutter; maud, mauder; ... show more


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 ... show more.

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