American Sign Language: "meat / steak / flesh" MEAT: Grab the fleshy part of your left hand with the index finger and thumb of your right hand. The left hand doesn't move. The right hand wiggles a bit as if getting a good grip on the meat. This sign means "meat" in general, but in context it can be used for "steak" or "flesh." I remember one group of Deaf graduate students even used this sign to mean "context." Sample sentence: Do you like meat? Related sign: BEEF Related sign: COW You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars 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 >

American Sign Language: "meat / steak / flesh"

MEAT:

Grab the fleshy part of your left hand with the index finger and thumb of your right hand. The left hand doesn't move. The right hand wiggles a bit as if getting a good grip on the meat. This sign means "meat" in general, but in context it can be used for "steak" or "flesh." I remember one group of Deaf graduate students even used this sign to mean "context."

Sample sentence: Do you like meat?

Related sign: BEEF
Related sign: COW

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

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 >