SIGNS DONE WITH INDEX FINGERS
By: Lyn J. Wiley



The signs listed here are done with one or two index fingers ('One' hand shapes). No other hand shapes are used.


Therefore, signs such as 'discuss,' first week of the month,' 'pay,' and 'tail/wag-tail' are not included on this list.


Signs that use a Straight Index Finger that changes to a Crooked-Index finger are not included on this list. Therefore, signs such as 'quiz,' 'tickle,' 'worm' and 'baffled' are not included.


The 'One' and D hand shapes are similar but not identical.


Signs done with a D hand shape are not included on this list. Therefore, signs such as 'dream,' 'dessert' 'develop; development' and 'Damn!' are not included.


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One


Eleven


Only; Someone; Something; Single (See: ASL University, Dr. Bill Vicars)


Only one


Just me; Only me


Sign (as in sign language)


Right; Correct; Accurate; Appropriate; You're right; I agree with you (See: ASL University, Dr. Bill Vicars)


Think: Thought (noun and verb), Mind; Mental


Thinking; Pondering; Considering; Contemplating


Smart; Intelligent; Clever (See: ASL University, Dr. Bill Vicars)


Headache


Black (See: ASL University, Dr. Bill Vicars)


See; I see; Saw; I saw


Witness (verb); To witness something (See: Handspeak)


Hear; Hearing; Heard


Body parts (in general); point to them (point to eye) (point to ear) (point to nose) etc.


Point to (and all the directions you can point to); over there, up there, down there etc.

Down there; Downstairs; Basement


Up there; Upstairs


Deep


Deep, deep down


Detail (See: Handspeak)


Go; Going; Gone; Went


Come; Came; Coming


Here; In this place


Very close in terms of time or distance


Poke (poke one time)


Poke at (poke two times)


Kept poking at (poke three times)


Nose


Nosey; To pry into the business of another person (See: Handspeak)


Snob; Snobbish; Elitist (this sign can be done with an index finger or with a Bull Horn hand shape) (See: Handspeak) (See: Signing Savvy)


Bored; Boring; I'm bored


Sneeze; Sneezed (this sign can be done with an index finger or with a Bull Horn hand shape)


Sneezing, sneezing


Mouse


True; Truth; It's true; Truthfully, Real; Really; Reality; It's real; The real thing; Authentic; Actual; Actually; Virtual; Virtually; Certain; Certainly; Absolute; Absolutely; Sure; For sure; Surely; Sincere; Sincerity


Fake; Artificial; Not the real thing; Insincere; Bogus


Allergy; Allergen; Allergic. Point to part of body that is affected (i.e. point to the nose) and then sign: opposite/opposed to).


Carrot


Corn


Gag


Shhh. ASL idiom to mean: just between you and me; here's some inside information


Shhh. To mean: Quiet down; Be quiet.


Shhh. To mean: It's a secret; Don't tell anyone; It's confidential.


I'll miss you; I missed you.


Disappoint; Disappointed; Disheartened; Discouraging; Discouraged


Bitter; Sour; Tart; Acidic to the taste (See: Handspeak)


Brush teeth


Serious


Hmm


Pain; Painful; Injury; Ache; Hurt; It hurts


Toothache


Earache


Stomach ache


Heart ache; Heart pain


Hurt one's feelings


Gullible; Naive; Easily led; Tends to believe almost everything: Quick to believe whatever one hears. (swallow-fish sign)


Temperature; Degree(s); Thermostat; Thermometer


Calibrate; Calibration


Junction; Crossroads; Intersection


Depend; Depends; Depends on; Rely; Rely on; Reliable; Can rely on; Dependable; Reliance; Dependence


Scold; Scolded; Scolding


Shame; Shame on


Simple


Rude. There are several signs for rude; two of them use index fingers.


Dimple (See: Handspeak)


Line; Lines


I; Me; I am


You; You are


Those


They


We


Spiral


Stir; Stirring; Stirred


Whisk; Whisked; Whisks


Feet


Walk; Walks; Walking; Walked


Walk fast!


Walk very slowly


Take a few feet back (literally or figuratively)


Limp; Limps; Limped; Limping


To pace back and forth


Wander; Aimless; Roam around


Windshield wipers


Metronome


Accent (as in: she speaks with an accent) (this does not refer to 'accents' in terms of home decorating)


Same; Same-as; Too; Also


Different; Differ


All kinds of different things


But; However; On the other hand; And yet; Although; Though


Note: To better understand the distinction between the signs for 'different' and 'but/however,' see: ASL University, Dr. Bill Vicars


Later (point out to the future)


Way far away; Way out there (in terms of time or distance)


Plus; Positive


Times (as a mathematical term - two times two equals four); Multiply


To; Toward


Until


Point, Goal


Digress; Digression


Off point; Distracted; Off on a different path


Beat around the bush


Right on point!


What's your point!? And your point is?


Go; Going; Went; Gone


Come; Came; Coming


One-on-one


Knit; Knitting; Knitted (See: ASL University)


Had the same thought at the same moment


Various; And so on and so forth; Etcetera


Varied


Any shape that can be drawn with the tip of the index finger (or tips of the index fingers) Square, etc.


Spin; Spinning


Turn around


Someone; Something; Only; Single


Someone walked past me


Someone walked toward me


Someone walked away from me


One person walked away from another person


Two people passed each other while walking in opposite directions


Two people meet; Two people encountered each other


To pace back and forth


To wander; Aimless; To roam around


Argue; Argument


Agree; Agreement


Mitre? Bill? I don't know how to sign mitre . . . maybe I"ll take this off the list? But somehow I think maybe it belongs here . . .hmm.


Star(s)


Socks


Opposite


Extremely different; Quite the opposite!


Tornado (two ways to sign tornado that use index fingers (See: Signing Savvy)


Cannot; Can't


Parallel (See: Handspeak)


Perpendicular


That one, right there (point to it)


Wheel(s)


Crazy


Circle (See: Signing Savvy)


Around; All around (See: Signing Savvy, Option 1)


When


Cross-purposes


Got wires crossed


Comma


Period (punctuation)


Question mark (use tip of index finger to 'draw' a question mark in the air - for this sign you keep a straight index finger for the full sign, you do not crook the finger during this sign)


Exclamation mark. Draw an exclamation mark in the air, using a finger-action (a very slight elbow action to make the 'dot' at the bottom of the exclamation mark).


Drums; Play drums (using sticks rather than using flat palms)


Cycle; Cyclical


Month; Monthly


Knife (See: ASL University, Dr. Bill Vicars)


Cut with a knife (See: ASL University, Dr. Bill Vicars)


Sharp (refers to a 'sharp' knife or some other 'sharp' instrument (See: Signing Savvy). Note: This sign is not used to mean a sharp mind, a keen intellect, nor is it used to mean: He is a sharp dresser. It only refers to something 'sharp' such as a knife)


Jab


A variety of shapes that are drawn with the tip of an index finger (square, rectangle, circle, etc.)


Bitter; Sour; Tart; Acidic to the taste


Candy


Argue; Argument; Debate


Talk; Talking; Talked (this sign is used when two or more people are talking)


Tell; Told; Telling


Tell me; Told me; Telling me


Pah! It's about time! Finally! (See: Signing Savvy)


Success; Succeed; Successful; Fame; Famous; Renowned


Order (to place an order or to 'give an order' as in to order someone around); Reply; Respond; Response; React: Reaction; Answer; Answered; Command


Announce; Announcement; Announces; Announced


Struggle (See: Signing Savvy)


Conflict (See: ASL University, Dr. Bill Vicars)


Go left

Go right


Outside (point to a window two times)


Roll (verb) as in the action of rolling


I wouldn't do that if I were you.


Knit; Knitting; Knitted (See; ASL University, Dr. Bill Vicars)








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