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Hold a fist in neutral space and squeeze it open and closed, as if milking a cow.
Bring a flattened 'O' hand to the lips, as if placing food in your mouth.
Form a 'C' hand as if holding a cup and tip it toward your mouth.
Tap the index-side of a 'W' hand against your chin a couple of times.
Plant the knuckle of a bent index finger on your cheek and twist.
Twist the knuckle of a bent index finger beside the outer corner of your eye.
Twist a curved 'claw' hand on the upturned palm of your other hand, as if cutting cookie dough with a cutter.
Draw a 'C' hand down the center of your chest, tracing the path food takes.
Touch the thumb of an open '5' hand to your chin.
Touch the thumb of an open '5' hand to your forehead.
Draw the thumb of an 'A' hand down along your jawline.
At the forehead, open and close a flattened hand at the brim-line, as if tipping the peak of a cap.
Cradle one forearm over the other and rock them gently side to side.
Pinch an 'F' hand at the corner of your mouth and draw it outward, tracing whiskers.
Snap your fingers against your thigh (calling a dog), or pat the thigh.
At the mouth, open and close a 'G' hand like a beak.
Hold a flat hand on edge and let it swim forward with a wavering motion.
Set the thumb of a 'Y' hand at your temple and twist — the horn of a cow.
Brush a flat hand upward on your chest in a repeated circular pat — rising feeling.
Let both open hands slide down the front of your face, gaze falling with them.
Trace index fingers down your cheeks from under each eye — tears falling.
Brush the bent middle finger of an 'open-8' hand upward on your chest.
Rub a flat hand in a circle on the center of your chest.
Rub a fist in a circle on the center of your chest.
Touch the fingertips of a flat hand to your chin and move the hand forward toward the person.
Touch a flat hand to your chin, then bring it down onto your other flat palm.
Rest a fist (thumb up) on your flat open palm and lift both hands together.
Hold both curved '5' hands palm-up in front of you and draw them toward your body.
Hold both '5' hands up, palms toward you, and flip them quickly to face out.
Tap the fingertips of two flattened 'O' hands together repeatedly.
Close a 'C' into an 'S' hand as it moves down from the chin, as if drawing down a shape below the face.
Tap the back of your wrist with a bent index finger.
Interlock the fingers of both hands loosely and move them in a horizontal circle.
Hold both 'L' hands near each other and pull them apart to show size.
Brush the tip of an index finger (or 'D' hand) down across your lips.
Set a claw hand at your mouth, then twist it away sharply, as if throwing out hot food.
Touch a flattened 'O' hand first near the corner of your mouth, then higher on your cheek.
Draw an open hand down over your face, closing it as your eyes close.
Rest your dominant elbow on the back of your other hand and sweep the upright arm down across your body.
Rest your dominant wrist on the back of your other flat hand and let it drape down — the sun set below the horizon.
Hold both open hands palm-up and give a small shake, brows drawn together.
Hold up a single index finger and shake it side to side, brows furrowed.
Make a fist and nod it up and down at the wrist — a nodding head.
Snap the index and middle fingers down against the thumb once.
Point both index fingers and swing them together in the direction of travel.
Press flat palms together, then open them like the covers of a book.
Clap the fingers of a flat hand down onto the other flat palm twice — a teacher clapping for attention.
Cross the fingers of two 'H' hands and tap them together twice.
Pluck information from your open palm and carry it up to your forehead, fingers closing.
Draw a 'C' hand down the center of your chest — the same path as HUNGRY, with a wistful face.
Touch the bent middle finger of an 'open 8' hand to your forehead (the other hand may touch the stomach), with a pained face.
Brush the bent middle fingers of both 'open 8' hands up your chest in alternating circles.
Hold two fists in front of you, shoulders hunched, and shake them as if shivering.
Hold a bent index finger just in front of your chin and flex it a couple of times, brows furrowed and lips slightly pursed.
Touch your fingertips to your forehead, then pull the hand away as it closes into a 'Y', brows furrowed.
Tap the fingertips of a slightly bent flat hand against the side of your forehead.
Hold a fist at the side of your forehead and flick the index finger up.
Lay the two fingers of an 'H' hand across the two fingers of your other 'H' hand, once.
Tap the two fingers of an 'H' hand twice across the fingers of your other 'H' hand.
Hold up a 'B' hand and twist it at the wrist a couple of times.
Hold up a 'G' hand and twist it at the wrist a couple of times.
Hold up a 'Y' hand and twist it at the wrist a couple of times.
Slide the index-finger side of a 'B' hand down your cheek.
Hold a loose fist in front of your chin and squeeze it closed a couple of times.
Place an open '5' hand on your chest and pull it away as the fingers close into a flat 'O'.
Draw an index finger across your forehead, from one side toward the other.
Make an 'L' hand at your forehead, then bring it down so both index fingers rest side by side.
Make an 'L' hand at your jaw, then bring it down so both index fingers rest side by side.
Start MOTHER — thumb of a '5' hand at the chin — then bounce the hand forward in two small arcs.
Start FATHER — thumb of a '5' hand at the forehead — then bounce the hand forward in two small arcs.
Hold an 'A' hand beside your jaw and give it a small shake.
Hold a 'U' hand beside your temple and give it a small shake.
Rest the thumb of a 'U' hand at your temple and flap the two fingers forward twice.
Rest the thumb of a flat hand at your temple and flap the fingers forward, like a long ear.
Hold a flat hand under your chin, palm down, and flap the fingers down and up.
At your mouth, snap the index and middle fingers against the thumb like a wide beak.
Hold a fist under your chin and flick the index and middle fingers out twice.
Start a bent flat hand at your nose and sweep it down and out in the curve of a trunk.
Sweep a claw hand back over the top of your head, from forehead toward the crown.
Hold both claw hands in front of your face and draw them outward toward the cheeks, twice.
Flick the tip of your index finger across the tip of your nose a couple of times.
Hold two 'O' hands in front of your eyes like a pair of round glasses and twist them slightly.
Draw both '4' hands across your chest from the center outward, like stripes.
Hold a 'C' hand at the front of your neck and raise it straight up above your head.
Place a claw hand over your nose and pull it forward, closing into a flat 'O' — a long snout.
Touch the thumb of a '3' hand to your nose and bend the index and middle fingers twice.
Pinch an 'F' hand against your cheek (the sting), then brush the cheek with a flat hand (swatting it away).
Stack two claw hands, palms facing, and snap them open and shut like jaws.
Touch the fingertips of a bent flat hand to your temple, then to your jaw.
Point your index finger to the corner of your eye. For EYES, point to each in turn.
Touch the tip of your index finger to the tip of your nose.
Circle your index finger around your lips, or point to them.
Pinch or touch your earlobe.
Take a strand of hair between your thumb and index finger and tug it gently.
Trace a circle around your face with your index finger.
Tap the tip of your index finger against a front tooth.
Slide a flat hand along your other forearm from elbow to wrist.
Point down toward one foot, then the other.
Hold a claw hand in front of your face and draw it toward you slightly as the fingers tense, with an angry face.
Draw the tip of your index finger down the front of your throat.
Let an open hand droop down in front of your face, closing slightly, as your eyelids drop.
Touch the thumb and middle finger of an open '8' hand to your chest, then pull the hand away as they close.
Hold two '8' hands in front of you and flick the middle fingers off the thumbs, away from your body.
Draw both index fingers (or flat hands) up from the corners of your mouth toward your cheeks — while smiling.
Point two index fingers at each other and twist them toward one another — at the place that hurts, if you like.
Hold an open '8' hand in front of your mouth and twist it away, nose wrinkled.
Brush the two fingers of a 'U' hand down your chin twice, ending in a bent shape.
Start an open '5' hand at your forehead and circle it around your face, closing to a flat 'O' at the chin.
Tap the thumb of an open '5' hand against the center of your chest.
Hold a flat 'O' hand near your body and move it outward toward the receiver, opening slightly.
Bring the fingertips of both bent flat hands in to touch your chest.
Point a 'V' hand at your eyes, then turn it to aim at what you're looking at.
Touch a 'V' hand below your eyes and move it a short way forward.
Point your index finger to your ear.
Cup a 'C' or claw hand behind your ear, with an attentive face.
Hold your index finger in front of your mouth and circle it outward a couple of times.
Touch the tip of your index finger to the side of your forehead.
Point a 'V' hand at your other flat palm and sweep it down the palm, like eyes scanning a page.
Hold two flat hands together, palms out, and swing them apart like double doors.
Hold two flat hands apart, palms out, and bring them together with a small thump.
Stand a bent 'V' hand on your other palm and hop it up and down.
Swing a 'V' hand back and forth above your other flat palm.
Hold both open hands to one side, palms up, and wiggle the fingers.
Hold a 'Y' hand out and push it down slightly, firmly.
Tap the bent middle finger of an open '8' hand onto the back of your other hand.
Open and close the two fingers of a 'V' hand like scissors as the hand moves forward.
Reach down with an open hand and pick something up between thumb and index, closing to an 'F'.
Touch the thumb of an 'A' hand to your lips, then tuck the fist under your other flat hand.
Rub two fists up and down on your chest, as if scrubbing.
Wipe the palm of one flat hand across the upturned palm of the other, once.
Hold an open hand under your chin, palm down, and wiggle the fingers.
Hold closed 'G' hands at the corners of your eyes and flick them open, eyes widening.
Hold two bent hands (or 'Y' hands) in front of you, palms up, and drop them a short way.
Touch the thumb of an 'A' hand to your cheek and arc it forward.
Touch the thumb of an 'A' hand to your chin or cheek and arc it back toward your ear.
Rest the thumb of an 'L' hand on your other palm and pivot the index finger forward, like a clock hand.
Rest your dominant forearm on the fingertips of your other flat hand and raise it, palm up — the sun coming up.
Place a flat hand on your chest.
Point your index finger at the person or thing, or at the spot in space where you've placed them.
Touch your index finger to one shoulder, then arc it across to the other.
Bring two index fingers together side by side; or move a 'Y' hand back and forth between two things.
Touch a flat hand to your forehead and move it out and away, like a relaxed salute.
Wave an open hand, or fold the fingers down toward the palm a couple of times.
Lay a flat hand against your cheek and tilt your head onto it.
Stack your forearms, flat, and pat the top one down on the bottom one.
Hold two flat hands together, palms out, and swing one open and shut.
Touch the fingertips of two flat hands to form a roof peak, then draw them down and apart as walls.
Hold two fists like a steering wheel and turn it back and forth.
Hold out an 'ILY' hand (thumb, index and pinky) and bounce it forward twice through the air.
Cup both hands together to form a hull and bob them forward over waves.
Pat the top of your head with a flat hand.
Pinch the fabric of your shirt near the shoulder between thumb and index and tug it.
Tap two fists together side by side, twice.
Hold a 'Y' hand to the side of your face, thumb at the ear and pinky at the mouth.
Fingerspell T, then V, in quick succession — it has worn into a single unit.
Hold two 'T' hands out in front of you and twist them at the wrist.
Scrub your index finger side to side across your front teeth.
Tap a flat 'O' hand to your lips twice, in small movements.
Regional: a bent 'V' hand draws a Z in the air; or a 'P' hand traces a slice toward the mouth.
Hold a fist in front of your mouth like a cone and draw it down twice as you lick.
Rest your elbow on the back of your other hand, forearm upright, and twist an open '5' hand — leaves in the wind.
Touch a flat 'O' hand to one side of your nose, then the other — smelling a bloom.
Hold two claw hands above you, palms down, and drop them a couple of times.
Hold two open hands above you and let them drift down with the fingers wiggling.
Hold a flat 'O' hand up beside your head and open it into a '5' — rays spreading.
Make a small 'C' with thumb and index (a baby C) and hold it up beside your eye.
Hold two claw hands up beside your head and circle them around each other, drifting sideways.
Hold an open hand up near your shoulder and pull it out and away, closing to a flat 'O', twice.
Hold two flat 'O' hands in front of you, fingertips down, and flick them forward twice.
Draw the thumb of an open '5' hand across your chin from one side to the other.
Touch a flat hand to your chin, then flip it over and throw it down.
Point two index fingers forward, then snap them back into 'X' hooks.
Point to your ear, then shake two open hands outward as if the noise fills the space.
Cross two flat hands at your lips, then lower them apart, palms down — a hush.
Hold two open hands out and close them slowly into flat 'O's, as if squeezing water out.
Drag a hooked index finger ('X') across your chin from one side to the other.
Slide the bent middle finger of an open '8' hand along the back of your other hand, from wrist to fingertips.
Hold two fists palm-up and flick them open into '5' hands, twice.
Circle a flat hand around and land it, palm up, in your other palm.
Raise an 'H' hand upward in front of you in two small steps.