lisp

1. (intransitive)To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.

   Until the age of 10, Dominic would lisp, but this was fixed by a speech therapist.

   lispeln, zuzeln

   шепеля́витьšepeljávitʹ

   шепеля́витиšepeljávyty

2. (intransitive)To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.

3. (archaic, intransitive)To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.

   speak with a lisp

4. (archaic, intransitive)To express by the use of simple, childlike language.

5. (archaic, intransitive)To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.

   to lisp treason

1. Tom has a slight lisp.

   Том трохи шепелявить.

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2. Tom has a lisp.

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3. Tom speaks with a lisp.

   ruТом шепелявит.

   deTom lispelt.

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4. He lost his lisp at fourteen.

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5. He had a lisp as a child.

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