American Sign Language: "motor" The sign for "motor" is the same sign as ENGINE/MACHINE/FACTORY. That is right, this one little sign can be interpreted many different ways depending on what you sign in the rest of your sentence. Form modified claw hands (the large knuckles are straight but the middle and small knuckles are bent). Interlock your hands as if they were the teeth on two interlocking gears in a machine. Keeping your arms in place, move your wrists so that the hands move upward and and downward a couple times as if showing the movement of gears in a machine. MOTOR / ENGINE / FACTORY / MACHINE: 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: "motor"

The sign for "motor" is the same sign as ENGINE/MACHINE/FACTORY.
That is right, this one little sign can be interpreted many different ways depending on what you sign in the rest of your sentence.

Form modified claw hands (the large knuckles are straight but the middle and small knuckles are bent). Interlock your hands as if they were the teeth on two interlocking gears in a machine. Keeping your arms in place, move your wrists so that the hands move upward and and downward a couple times as if showing the movement of gears in a machine.

MOTOR / ENGINE / FACTORY / MACHINE:

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 >