food / eat

These signs are used pretty much interchangeably.  Technically the sign eat should be a single motion, and the sign for food should be a double motion (if you consider these signs a noun/verb pair).  But what about the concept of "eating?"  I use a double motion to indicate a process is taking place.  In any case, I wouldn't get uptight about this sign.  If your teacher wants it one way or the other...do it his way.  If you get corrected by a Deaf person, just smile and try to remember to sign it that way around that person.

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Eat:

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Chow down.  Pig out. Bring on the food baby.

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Wolf down. Consume in an amazingly short period of time. (side view)

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Wolf down. Consume in an amazingly short period of time. (Front view)

 

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