MISPEAK A LANGUAGEa fault in the way someone speaks which makes them pronounce ‘s’ sounds as ‘th’ 咬舌〔语音缺陷,把s发成th音〕
She speaks with a slight lisp.
她说话带点咬舌音。
—lisp verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
Examples from the Corpus
lisp• Only in the frankly imitative words like buzz and lisp do hint and pointingcoincide.• He had a slightlisp that used to be more pronounced.• Bobbi speaks with a slight lisp.• He spoke with a slight lisp and greeted Louis with respect but without subservience.• Its note had none of the lisp of a flute but was bell-like in its clarity.• The man with the lispjoined him.