American Sign Language: "fat" / "obese" The sign for "FAT" (as in "a fat person) uses "claw" hands near the face to show chubby cheeks. Start with a relatively normal face and then puff out your cheeks as you move your hands out a couple inches. FAT: Sample sentence: Is your sister fat? Notes: If you mean fat as in the marbling on a steak just fingerspell F-A-T. You can indicate relative degrees of fatness by how far out you move your hands and how much you puff out your cheeks. You can also show specific aspects of being fat. For example suppose someone is pot bellied. FAT (variation) "pot bellied" Also see: PREGNANT Also see: WADDLE Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk." Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT > Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT > You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "fat" / "obese"

The sign for "FAT" (as in "a fat person) uses "claw" hands near the face to show chubby cheeks. Start with a relatively normal face and then puff out your cheeks as you move your hands out a couple inches.

FAT:

Sample sentence: Is your sister fat?

Notes:
If you mean fat as in the marbling on a steak just fingerspell F-A-T.

You can indicate relative degrees of fatness by how far out you move your hands and how much you puff out your cheeks.

You can also show specific aspects of being fat. For example suppose someone is pot bellied.

FAT (variation) "pot bellied"

Also see: PREGNANT

Also see: WADDLE

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk."

Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT >

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >

You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™
Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars