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.
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What is the ASL sign for shrimp?

Shrimp in Sign Language

Extend your pointer finger and crook it forward slightly. Tuck the rest of the fingers into the palm. “Swim” the finger forward by bending it up and down and pushing it in a wavy motion in front of you. This sign looks like a little shrimp swimming through the water.
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What is ASL for fish?

Take your dominant hand, and extend you hand with your thumb up and fingers together. Hold the hand out with fingers facing forward, and then shimmy your hand as you move it forward. Some people also sign fish using both hands with palms facing each other, as if swimming through waters together.
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What is pineapple ASL?

Hold the "F" hand in front of your eye (as if looking through the hole in the "F") and twist it twice (as if adjusting a telescope). Another version of "pineapple" is to use a "P" (a "K" actually) on the cheek. Twist it twice.
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What is crab in ASL?

Crab in sign language looks like the claws of a crab opening and closing. Take both hands and touch your thumbs to your fingers to form a claw, then open and close your claws. An alternative ASL sign for crab is to take just the pointer or index fingers and touch them with the thumbs multiple times.
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What is shark in ASL?

Hold one hand straight up in front of you, palm flat, and the thumb faces you. This is the shark fin. With the other hand, hold palm down. Open the fingers between the middle and ring finger into a V-shape and insert the first hand into the space formed.
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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.
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What is avocado in ASL?

To sign avocado, form the ASL letter A sign with your dominant hand. Then curve your non-dominant hand into a tiny bowl or cup and mimic scooping the 'avocado' off it with your dominant 'A' fist.
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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.
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What is Rabbit ASL?

The bunny/rabbit sign looks like the long ears of a rabbit, twitching. Make both hands into fists and place them on top of your head, with middle and index fingers extended to make the rabbit ears. Bend and extend the middle and index fingers to the back of your head, as if to make the ears twitch.
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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.
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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.
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How do you sign steak in ASL?

American Sign Language: "meat / steak / flesh"

Grab the fleshy part of your left hand with the index finger and thumb of your right hand. The left hand doesn't move. The right hand wiggles a bit as if getting a good grip on the meat.
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What is banana in ASL?

The baby sign for banana looks like your index finger is a banana and you are peeling it. To start, take your non-dominant hand and make a fist, with your index finger pointing up toward the sky. With your dominant hand, make a peeling motion down the pointed finger, using your fingers all together.
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What is tomato in ASL?

With your non-dominant hand, make an O hand in front of you, then with your dominant hand held in a fist except for the pointer finger sticking out, make the sign for red and proceed to mimic a knife slicing your 'O' hand. The "knife" comes from your chin down to the "red tomato". HOME / DICTIONARY / Tomato.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What is frog in ASL?

To sign frog, make your hand into a fist and put it under your chin. Taking both your middle finger and index finger together, flick them outward off your thumb. The motion of your fingers is like the legs flicking out so the frog can leap from pad to pad.
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What is Penguin in ASL?

To sign penguin, position your flat, open hands on either side of your hips, with palms facing down and angled relative to the wrists and the forearms. Move both hands up and down while still flat and facing the ground, as if you are waddling like a penguin.
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What is pig in ASL?

The sign for "pig" is made by placing a flat hand under your chin, palm down. With your fingers pointing to the left, (if you are right handed) bend and unbend your hand several times from the knuckles. Your wrist should not move. The fingers do not "wiggle." They bend and unbend from the large knuckles.
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