Clues for the word "LISP"
We've had 198 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 482 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on December 25, 2025.
Definition of lisp
- v. i. - To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
- v. i. - To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.
- v. i. - To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.
- v. t. - To pronounce with a lisp.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
- n. - The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1.
Referring Clues
- Say "z" imperfectly
- Speech problem
- Have trouble with esses
- Daffy Duck's impediment
- Job for a speech coach
- Challenge for a speech coach
- Result of lingual protrusion
- Imperfect speech
- Have trouble with assessors?
- Speak like Sylvester
- Saying "th" for "s"
- Topic in speech therapy
- Subject for a speech therapist
- Talk like Daffy
- One way to make a sinner thinner
- Daffy characteristic
- Sibilant talk
- Pronunciation difficulty
- Beth for Bess, e.g.
- Say "thay," e.g.
- Orator's challenge
- Daffy Duck trademark
- Speak falteringly
- Daffy's problem
- Do a Daffy Duck impression
- Speech impediment
- Problem for Sylvester the Cat
- It makes Sylvester spit
- Sylvester's speech trait
- "Thpeak like thith"
- Don't sibilate
- Struggle with one's assistants?
- Thpeech problem
- Thpeak like thith
- Sylvester's impediment
- Talk like Daffy Duck
- Have trouble with siblings?
- Speak like Daffy Duck
- Speak like Daffy
- Speech defect
- Talk like Sylvester the Cat
- Sylvester's speech problem
- Speech therapist's concern
- Have trouble with scissors, say
- Sylvester's problem
- Talk like Cindy Brady
- Have trouble saying "Sorry"?
- Problem for someone who can't say Mass? (hint #2)
- Problem for someone who can't say grace?
- Make a sinner thinner?
- Slip of the tongue, maybe
- Sigmatism
- Have a problem ordering sirloin steak?
- Have trouble with dismissals?
- Be challenged by one's sisters?
- Stumble over one's sisters?
- Imitate Daffy Duck
- Speak like a Castilian
- Emulate Sylvester J. Pussycat
- Daffy Duck trait
- Lingual protrusion result
- Baby-talk characteristic
- Challenge for a speech therapist
- Struggle with sassafras?
- Thylvethster's thpeech problem
- Daffy Duck has one
- Thpeaker's thtumbling block
- Say "something" wrong, in a way
- Have trouble with sassafras?
- Daffy trademark
- Fail to sibilate
- Pronunciation problem
- Thylvethter's problem
- Part of Daffy Duck's charm
- Speech flaw
- Have trouble saying "S"
- Not communicate clearly
- Daffy Duck's challenge
- One reason for speech therapy
- Reason for speech therapy
- Speech coach's challenge
- Imitate Sylvester the cat
- Struggle with assessors?
- Daffy's difficulty
- Daffy's impediment
- What Karloff and Sylvester have in common
- Speak the truth for the truce?
- Speech issue
- A speech affliction
- *Not get some Z's?
- Winthrop's affliction in "The Music Man"
- Say "Thufferin' Thuccotash," e.g.
- Speaker's problem
- Articulated by mere lip movement
- Struggle with Sassafrass?
- Sylvester's trademark
- Speech imperfection
- Sylves-ter's impediment
- Do like Daffy Duck
- Say "yeth"
- "She sells seashells" speech problem
- "She sells seashells" problem
- Have trouble with S's
- Vocal impediment
- Cindy Brady's impediment
- Favor a "th" sound
- Someone who has it can't say it
- Winston Churchill spoke with one
- Struggle with one's sisters?
- Speak like Sylvester the Cat
- Kiddie talk
- Enunciation problem
- Cindy Brady had one
- Speech therapist's target
- Sylvester imitator's affectation
- Not be able to say "say," say
- Stumble on sibilants
- Daffy Duck feature
- Have trouble with sass?
- Speak imperfectly, in a way
- Hung up on esses
- Speech therapy subject
- Trait of baby talk
- Struggle with assessments?
- Speech therapy topic
- Cause of thuds for suds
- It makes a sinner thinner?
- Certain speech impediment
- Sibilant speech
- Have trouble with stress?
- Baby-talk trait
- Sylvester the cat has one
- Talk like Sylvester
- Discuss thickness with a doctor?
- Speech characteristic of Dustin on "Stranger Things"
- Say imperfectly
- Speak imperfectly
- Mispronounce
- Talk like Daffy Duck or Sylvester
- Have trouble with "sisters," maybe?
- Have trouble with the "missus"?
- Daffy Duck's speech problem
- Have trouble pronouncing an "S"
- Thpeak like Thylvethter
- Morrissey "Lucky ___"
- Speech defect
- Is in the record as an imperfect utterance
- Is interrupting a player with imperfect speech
- Be unable to pronounce S
- Talk like thith
- "With ___ of leaves and ripple of rain" (Thwinburne)
- Feature of Cindy Brady's speech
- Stumble through Assisi?
- Childlike vocal affectation
- Pronunciation defect
- It makes a pass into a path
- Shall I speak of which force is 4th?
- First sign of spot in cheek causes speech impediment
- Speech characteristic
- Struggle with sisters?
- Difficulty with exercise?
- Sigmatism, by another name
- Have trouble pronouncing S
- Emulate Daffy duck
- Sylvester's speech feature
- Struggle with "s" sounds
- Sylvester the Cat's speech problem
- Have trouble with chess?
- Certain speech defect
- Oratory obstacle
- Say "thay" for "say"
- Not get some Z's, say?
- Have problems with the letter S
- Speech therapy target
- Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
- Have trouble saying "silly"
- Speech therapy focus
- Suffer with sibilants
- Speech impediment affecting pronunciation of sibilants
- Have trouble with Sisyphus?
- Speech problem dealing with esses
- Struggle with one's sins?
- What Winthrop speaks with in "The Music Man"
- Thpeaker's thpeaking thtumbling block
- Misarticulate, in a way
- Issue for a speech coach, perhaps
- Struggle with scissors?
- Feature of Sylvester's speech
- Invisalign side effect, perhaps
- Challenge for a speech pathologist
- Substitute "th" for "s," maybe
- Result of a lost front tooth, perhaps
- Speech issue dealing with esses
- Condition whose therapy may include hissing like a snake
- Speech therapy focus, for some
- Aristotle purportedly spoke with one
- Speech problem with the letter S
- Daffy Duck speaking feature
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - December 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 21, 2025
- New York Times - July 30, 2025
- Daily American - July 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 13, 2025
- Daily American - July 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 18, 2025
- LA Times - May 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 08, 2025
- New York Times - May 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 02, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 27, 2025
- Daily American - February 27, 2025
- Family Time - February 16, 2025
- LA Times - January 29, 2025
- New York Times - January 03, 2025
- USA Today - December 29, 2024
- LA Times - December 21, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 20, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 18, 2024
- Family Time - November 17, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 12, 2024
- And in 452 more crossword puzzles...