lisp
/lɪsp/noun
उच्चारण लिस्प
तुतलाहट (स को थ जैसा बोलना), तोतलापन
Core word
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[C, usually sing.]
a speech problem in which a person pronounces the sound 's' like 'th', so that 'six' sounds like 'thicks'
तुतलाहट (स को थ जैसा बोलना), तोतलापन
- The little boy spoke with a slight lisp.
- Speech therapy helped her get rid of her lisp.
- She had a lisp as a child but overcame it.
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- His lisp became more noticeable when he was nervous.
- The actor spoke with an exaggerated lisp for the role.
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[I, T] ~ (sth)
to speak with a lisp
तुतलाना, तोतला बोलना
- The child lisped a few words of thanks.
- The little boy lisped when he tried to say his sister's name.
- He lisps on the letter s.
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- The little girl lisped when she was excited.
- She lisped slightly but nobody minded.
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lisp (noun) with a / have a lisp
As a noun, lisp is usually countable and is used with have or speak with.
Noun के रूप में 'lisp' प्रायः countable है और have या speak with के साथ आता है।
- The boy has a slight lisp.
- She speaks with a lisp but never feels shy.
lisp (verb) intransitive
As a verb, lisp means to speak with this fault; it takes no object.
Verb के रूप में 'lisp' का अर्थ इस दोष के साथ बोलना है; इसका कोई object नहीं होता।
- Little Radhika lisped when she was five.
lisp + reported speech / quotation
Writers use lisp as a speech verb to show how words were said.
लेखक बोलने के ढंग को दिखाने के लिए 'lisp' को speech verb की तरह प्रयोग करते हैं।
- 'Thank you very much,' she lisped.
lisp + noun phrase
Lisp can be described by adjectives such as slight, strong or childish.
Lisp का वर्णन slight, strong या childish जैसे adjectives से किया जा सकता है।
- A strong lisp can be corrected with speech therapy.
lisp + adverb
As a verb, lisp may be followed by an adverb of manner that tells how a person speaks.
Verb के रूप में lisp के बाद manner बताने वाला adverb आ सकता है जो बताता है कि व्यक्ति कैसे बोलता है।
- The little girl lisped shyly, 'I thaw a bird.'
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adjective + lisp
slightpronouncedchildishfrontalmild
- His mild lisp became noticeable only when he was nervous.
verb + lisp
havespeak withdevelopcureovercome
- With regular practice she managed to overcome her lisp.
lisp + noun
therapycorrectionproblemsound
- The speech therapist suggested simple exercises for the lisp.
related speech difficulties
stammerstutterslurmumble
- A stammer is a different problem from a lisp.
lisp + prepositional phrase
in his speechwhen excitedon the s soundsince childhood
- He has had a lisp since childhood, but it never stopped him from becoming a good teacher.
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- My nephew has a lisp, so he says 'thun' for 'sun'.
मेरे भतीजे को lisp है, इसलिए वह 'sun' को 'thun' बोलता है।
- The actor used a lisp to make his comic character more amusing.
अभिनेता ने अपने हास्य पात्र को और मज़ेदार बनाने के लिए lisp का प्रयोग किया।
- Most children grow out of a lisp by the age of seven.
अधिकतर बच्चे सात वर्ष की आयु तक lisp से छुटकारा पा लेते हैं।
- He lisped slightly whenever he pronounced an s.
जब भी वह s का उच्चारण करता, उसकी जीभ थोड़ी लड़खड़ा जाती थी।
- No one in the class laughed at her lisp.
कक्षा में किसी ने उसके lisp पर हँसी नहीं उड़ाई।
- The teacher spoke gently to the boy with a lisp and let him finish his answer.
शिक्षक ने lisp वाले लड़के से नरमी से बात की और उसे अपना उत्तर पूरा करने दिया।
- The doctor said that a lisp is not an illness but a habit of tongue movement.
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि lisp कोई बीमारी नहीं, बल्कि जीभ के हिलने की एक आदत है।
?Which word?
Do not confuse a lisp (saying the sound 's' like 'th') and a stammer (repeating sounds or stopping because you cannot say the next word).
Lisp ('s' की ध्वनि को 'th' जैसा बोलना) और stammer (अगला शब्द न बोल पाने के कारण ध्वनियाँ दोहराना या रुक जाना, हकलाना) में भ्रम न करें।