Lisp (Verb)
Meaning
Speak with a lisp.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- By the time she was three, the child began to lisp so it was difficult to understand her when she tried to say 'think'.
- At the doctor's office, the young patient had to lisp her entire sentence for him to decipher what she meant by 'birthday'.
- Children often lisp their words as their speech develops over time and muscle control in their mouth and tongue matures.
- He found out at the age of five that he would lisp for the rest of his life, forcing him to choose between public speaking and writing as an adult.
- Sometimes, an accent might cause an individual to seem like they lisp the way they pronounce certain words.