1. speech defects in which ‘s’ and ‘z’ sounds are pronounced as ‘th’

1. speaks with a lisp; pronounces ‘s’ and ‘z’ sounds as ‘th’

Examples

• The child’s lisps made it difficult for others to understand her.
• Many children outgrow their lisps as they develop better speech control.
• She lisps when she says words like ‘sister’ and ‘zebra’.
• The speech therapist helped him overcome the way he lisps.
• His slight lisp becomes more noticeable when he’s nervous.
• The actor lisps deliberately for his comedic character.
• Some lisps are caused by tongue placement issues.