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LISP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

LISP; list-processing language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("LISP" is a kind of...):

programing language; programming language ((computer science) a language designed for programming computers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lisp" is a kind of...):

defect of speech; speech defect; speech disorder (a disorder of oral speech)

Derivation:

lisp (speak with a lisp)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak with a lisp

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "lisp" is one way to...):

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

lisp (a speech defect that involves pronouncing 's' like voiceless 'th' and 'z' like voiced 'th')

lisper (a speaker who lisps)

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