MEANING
To pronounce s or z sounds in an altered way, often closer to th.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- lisp a word
- a lisping voice
On the page
The actor chose to lisp one line rather than exaggerate the pattern throughout the scene.
Word forms
- Base
- lisp
- Past tense
- lisped
- Past participle
- lisped
- Present participle
- lisping
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- lisp
- Present continuous
- am/is/are lisping
- Present perfect
- have/has lisped
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been lisping
- Past
- lisped
- Past continuous
- was/were lisping
- Past perfect
- had lisped
- Past perfect continuous
- had been lisping
- Future
- will lisp
- Future continuous
- will be lisping
- Future perfect
- will have lisped
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been lisping
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: lisp; lisps; lisped; lisped; lisping Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: dialogue, description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: lisps.
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