Lisp

·vt To pronounce with a lisp.

II. Lisp ·noun The habit or act of lisping. ·see Lisp, ·vi, 1.

III. Lisp ·vi To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.

IV. Lisp ·vi To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.

V. Lisp ·vt To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.

VI. Lisp ·vi To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th;

— a defect common among children.

VII. Lisp ·vt 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.