Early Childhood Development

adjective occurring before the usual or expected time

adverb before the usual or expected time

• The early bird catches the worm.
• I woke up early to go for a run.
• Let's bounce early to beat the traffic.
• She made an early exit from the meeting, avoiding further conflict.

verb speaking with a lisp, a speech defect characterized by the inability to pronounce sibilant consonants

• The child's lisping speech impediment required speech therapy.
• She found his lisping accent charming.
• I can't understand what he's saying with all that lisping.
• Her lisping laughter filled the room with joy.

noun a piece of writing or drawing done in a hasty or careless manner

verb to write or draw in a hasty or careless manner

• The artist carefully sketched the outline before starting to scribble in the details.
• I like to scribble doodles in the margins of my notebook during boring meetings.
• She was so bored in class that she just started scribbling all over her notebook.
• His handwriting was so messy, it looked like he had just scribbled on the paper.