Open8@NearChest-PalmBack 8@FromChest-PalmBack

American Sign Language

Production

• This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:

  1. 

     Posture the dominant hand in the “open 8” handshape within a few inches from the chest, dominant palm facing back.
  2. Move the hand away from the chest while drawing the thumb and middle finger closed.

  3. 

     Posture the dominant hand in the “8” handshape several inches from the chest, dominant palm facing back.

Verb

(ASL gloss: LIKE)

1. to like

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to like”): Open8@NearChest-PalmBack 8@NearChest-PalmBack Claw5@FromChest-PalmDown (“dislike”)