lisp

A speech defect or mannerism characterized by mispronunciation of the sounds (s) and (z) as (th) and (th).

A sound of or like a lisp.

To speak with a lisp.

To speak imperfectly, as a child does.

To pronounce with a lisp.

The habit or act of lisping, as in uttering th for s, and Ŧh for z; an indistinct utterance, as of a child.

To pronounce the sibilant letters s and z imperfectly, as by giving the sound of th (as in thin) or Ŧh (as in this, either.)

To speak imperfectly, as in childhood; make feeble, imperfect, or tentative efforts at speaking; hence, to speak in a hesitating, modest way.

To pronounce with a lisp or imperfectly.

To pronounce with a lisp.