verb
- past tense of lisp; spoke with a speech defect in which ‘s’ and ‘z’ sounds are pronounced as ‘th’
Examples
- The young child lisped when saying her name.
- He lisped slightly when he was nervous.
- She lisped the word ‘sister’ as ‘thithter’.
- The boy lisped until he received speech therapy.
- When excited, she lisped more noticeably.
- He lisped the letter ‘s’ in most words.