How do you sign knife in ASL?

Asked by: Nathaniel Poole

To make the sign for knife, make a knife with the index and middle finger of your dominant hand, and a surface with the same fingers of your non-dominant. Finish the sign by making a back-and-forth cutting movement.

How do you sign cut in ASL?

Hand with your pointer finger.

What is Wolf ASL?

Wolf is signed by holding your open, dominant hand a short distance in front of your nose. As you pull your hand back, all the fingers touch, as if emphasizing the long snout of a wolf.

How do you sign scissors?

To sign scissors, use the index and middle fingers of your dominant hand and move them in a scissor-cutting motion.

What is kiss in ASL?

To sign kiss, start by extending your fingers and holding them together. Then touch your mouth, followed by your cheekbone. It is like you showing someone how to give a cheek kiss. They take their lips and touch them on your cheek.

How do you say bruise in Sign Language?

The long version of “bruise” is to describe a “black and blue spot” and indicate “where” that spot is. The default location is on the upper portion of your non-dominant arm. Sign, “BLACK” + “BLUE” + “spot on arm.” (Use a “painful” facial expression.)

How do you sign bleed in ASL?

Just hold your non-dominant hand in front of your chest, while you do an abbreviated version of RED with your dominant-hand index finger and smoothly transition into a “trickle down” movement over the non-dominant hand (fluttering the fingers of the dominant hand just a bit as it goes down).

What is pig in ASL?

Pig in Sign Language



Bring one hand up under your chin, resting the top of the hand right on the chin. Wave the fingertips down and up a few times. This sign looks like food dripping off of a messy pig’s chin. Use this visual to help you remember the sign.

What is scared in ASL?

Scared starts with your open hands (or closed fists) by your sides, with the dominant hand around chest level and the non-dominant hand around stomach level. Then you bring your hands inward, in front of your body, palms facing inward and fingers spread in an open five hand.

What is kiss on neck called?

Love Bite/Hickey



More of a sucking action than kissing, a love bite or hickey is one to plant on your partner’s neck. This type of kiss indicates your romantic desire for your partner.

What is Strawberry ASL?

To sign strawberry, point the index finger of your non-dominant hand sideways in front of your body, and move all the fingers of your dominant hand around the tip of the opposite index finger, as if showing a round fruit.

What is coffee ASL?

American Sign Language: “coffee” The sign for coffee: Think of the movement of an old coffee grinder. The bottom hand stays still while the top hand turns the crank.

What is pizza in ASL?

Pizza is signed by taking your dominant hand, curving it into a modified, flat ‘O’ hand or an open palm with curved fingers, and move it towards your mouth, as if you are feeding yourself a slice of pizza. HOME / DICTIONARY / Pizza.

What is chocolate in ASL?

Chocolate is signed by making your dominant hand into a C-shape. Take your non-dominant hand and lay it flat with palm down in front of your body. Take the C-shape and move it in a circle, with the side of your thumb circling on top of the palm of your non-dominant hand.

What is candy in ASL?

Candy is signed by taking your index finger and touching it just under the mouth area on one side of your chin. Twist the finger back-and-forth. We remember this sign, because it looks a little like you are drilling your tooth – the consequence of eating too much candy!

What is popcorn in ASL?

Take both hands, palms facing up and fingers closed, then make each hand’s index fingers and thumbs touch and then open, as the hands move up and down, simulating the corn kernels popping in the pan (or microwave oven). HOME / DICTIONARY / Popcorn.

What is milk ASL?

The milk sign is a lot like milking a cow (or goat), but without the vertical motion – you are just squeezing the udder. You take your dominant hand, make it into a fist, relax, and repeat.

What is cereal in ASL?

The sign for “cereal” is made by placing your right index finger – palm down – at the right corner of your mouth. (If you are right handed). While moving your hand to the left corner of your mouth, change the handshape into an “x.” Alternate between the straight index finger and the letter “x” a couple of times.

What is bacon in ASL?

Bacon take your two fingers like this touching them together and then wiggling them apart just think of the bacon sizzling in a pan bacon.

What is cheese in ASL?

To sign cheese, hold your two hands flat with palms touching each other. Rub the hands together. I remember the sign because it looks like you are rolling a ball of mozzarella cheese.

What is pasta in ASL?

Pasta is signed by drawing both hands into a fist then sticking only the pinkie fingers out. Hold your two hands close to each other in front of your body, then draw them apart as you make small, circling motions with both pinkie fingers, as if you are twirling the pasta noodles as you stretch them apart.

What is shrimp in ASL?

To sign shrimp, our dominant arm begins with arm bent at the elbow and index pointing horizontally to the opposite side. Have the index travel across you while wiggling it, as if it was a shrimp swimming.

What is chicken ASL?

Take your thumb and index finger and make an open beak, while making the rest of your hand into a fist. Close the beak and bring it down to peck at the ground as represented by your other outstretched hand, palm facing up. HOME / DICTIONARY / Chicken.

What is beer in ASL?

This sign uses a loose four hand, palm left, held out and slightly to the right, at about the level of your abdomen, shakes downward twice.)

What is breakfast in ASL?

Breakfast is a compound sign of both eat and morning — and whichever sign you make first doesn’t really matter as long as your baby understands them in tandem. Eat (Food) is signed by taking your dominant hand with thumb touching your four fingers, then bringing the hand to the mouth repeatedly.

What is water in ASL?

To sign water, take your dominant hand and extend and separate the three middle fingers while holding the thumb and pinkie finger together. Then tap your index finger on your chin a couple of times. To remember the sign, it is simply the ASL sign for ‘W’, going near your mouth. HOME / DICTIONARY / Water.