Usually means: Speech impediment involving "s" sounds.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. LISPs, lisps: Merriam-Webster
  2. lisps: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lisps: Vocabulary.com
  4. Lisps, lisps: Wordnik
  5. lisps: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. lisps: Wiktionary
  7. lisps: Dictionary.com
  8. lisps: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. The Lisps: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. lisps: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lisps: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lisps: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. lisps: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LISPS: Acronym Finder

(Note: See lisp as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (LISP)

noun:  The habit or an act of lisping.
verb:  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.
verb:  To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
verb:  (archaic) To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
verb:  (archaic) to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
verb:  (archaic) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.
noun:  A functional programming language with a distinctive parenthesized syntax, much used in artificial intelligence.
noun:  Alternative spelling of Lisp [A functional programming language with a distinctive parenthesized syntax, much used in artificial intelligence.]
▸ Also see lisp


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