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noun

  • A speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'.
  • A flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists.

verb

  • Speak with a lisp. .
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
  • (v.i.) To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.
  • (v.t.) 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.
  • (v.t.) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
  • (v.i.) To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
  • (v.i.) To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.
  • (n.) The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1.
  • (v.t.) To pronounce with a lisp.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

LISP is a programming language based on predicate logic and is the one most commonly used in artificial intelligence applications.