V@NearTipNeck-FingerBack V@BaseNeck-FingerBack

American Sign Language

Alternative forms

• The hand may be in the middle of the neck or on the dominant side of it.

Etymology

Presumably represents food getting stuck in one's throat.

Production

• This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
  1. Posture the dominant hand in the “V” handshape within a few inches from the top of the neck, extended finger(s) of the dominant hand pointing back.
  2. Drop finger tips down to the following posture.
  3. Posture the dominant hand in the “V” handshape at the bottom of the neck, extended finger(s) of the dominant hand pointing back.

Adjective

Upload png, jpg, or gif image. (ASL gloss: STUCK)

1. stuck
   • 2009, Michael DiMartino, Addicted - Sign Language - CaptainL0ver (“Captainl0ver interpreters Kelly Clarkson's song Addicted”), 0:38:

     LIKE ME STUCK. — “It's like I'm stuck.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)