Definitions for lisp
lɪsplisp

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lispnoun

   a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'

2. LISP, list-processing languageverb

   a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists

3. lispverb

   speak with a lisp

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1. LISPnoun

   a high-level computer programming language in which statements and data are in the form of lists, enclosed in parentheses; -- used especially for rapid development of prototype programs in artificial intelligence applications .

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1. lispnoun

   The habit or an act of lisping.

2. lispverb

   To pronounce the sibilant letter 's' imperfectly; to give 's' and 'z' the sounds of 'th' (/u03B8 / ð/) a defect common amongst children.

3. lispverb

   To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.

4. lispverb

   To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.

5. lispverb

   To pronounce with a lisp.

6. lispverb

   To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language.

7. lispverb

   To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.

8. Lispnoun

   A functional programming language with a distinctive parenthesized syntax, much used in artificial intelligence.

9. Etymology: Contraction of list processing.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lispnoun

   The act of lisping.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature. Tatler, №. 60.

2. To LISPverb

   To speak with too frequent appulses of the tongue to the teeth or palate, like children.

   Etymology: wlisp , Saxon.

   Come, I cannot cog, and say, thou art this and that, like a many of these lisping hawthorn buds, that come like women in mens apparel, and smell like Bucklersbury in simpling time. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   Scarce had she learnt to lisp a name
   Of martyr, yet she thinks it shame
   Life should so long play with that breath,
   Which spent can buy so brave a death. Richard Crashaw.

   They ramble not to learn the mode,
   How to be drest, or how to lisp abroad. John Cleveland.

   Appulse partial, giving some passage to breath, is made to the upper teeth, and causes a lisping sound, the breath being strained through the teeth. William Holder, Elements of Speech.

   As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame,
   I lisp’d in numbers, for the numbers came. Alexander Pope.

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1. Lisp

   A lisp is a speech impairment in which a person misarticulates sibilants ([s], [z], [ts], [dz], [ʃ], [ʒ], [tʃ], [dʒ]). These misarticulations often result in unclear speech.

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1. lisp

   LISP, short for List Processing, is a high-level programming language designed for easy manipulation of data strings. Developed in 1958, LISP is often used in artificial intelligence applications due to its excellent capabilities in pattern recognition and symbolic processing. It is known for its unique features like the extensive use of parentheses, treating functions as objects, and supporting recursive routines.

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1. Lispverb

   to pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children

2. Lispverb

   to speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk

3. Lispverb

   to speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid

4. Lispverb

   to pronounce with a lisp

5. Lispverb

   to utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language

6. Lispverb

   to speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason

7. Lispnoun

   the habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1

8. Etymology: [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. lspa, Dan. lespe.]

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1. Lisp

   A lisp, also known as sigmatism, is a speech impediment whose sufferers are unable to articulate sibilants. These misarticulations often result in unclear speech.

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1. Lisp

   lisp, v.i. to speak with the tongue against the upper teeth or gums, as in pronouncing th for s or z: to articulate as a child: to utter imperfectly.—v.t. to pronounce with a lisp.—n. the act or habit of lisping.—n. Lisp′er.—adj. Lisp′ing, pronouncing with a lisp.—n. the act of speaking with a lisp.—adv. Lisp′ingly. [A.S. wlispian (a conjectural form)—wlisp, stammering; Dut. lispen, Ger. lispeln; from the sound.]

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1. LISP

   [from ‘LISt Processing language’, but mythically from ‘Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parentheses’] AI's mother tongue, a language based on the ideas of (a) variable-length lists and trees as fundamental data types, and (b) the interpretation of code as data and vice-versa. Invented by John McCarthy at MIT in the late 1950s, it is actually older than any other HLL still in use except FORTRAN. Accordingly, it has undergone considerable adaptive radiation over the years; modern variants are quite different in detail from the original LISP 1.5. The dominant HLL among hackers until the early 1980s, LISP has since shared the throne with C. Its partisans claim it is the only language that is truly beautiful. See languages of choice.All LISP functions and programs are expressions that return values; this, together with the high memory utilization of LISPs, gave rise to Alan Perlis's famous quip (itself a take on an Oscar Wilde quote) that “LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing”.One significant application for LISP has been as a proof by example that most newer languages, such as COBOL and Ada, are full of unnecessary

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1. LISP

   What does LISP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LISP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Anagrams for lisp »

1. lips

2. slip

How to pronounce lisp?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lisp in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lisp in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of lisp in a Sentence

1. Philip Greenspun:

   Greenspun's Tenth Rule of Programming: any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half of Common Lisp.

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