American Sign Language: "tunnel" The right sign for "tunnel" depends on whether you mean the noun or the verb. It also depends on what the tunnel looks like. TUNNEL (verb) If you mean the verb: * You can use a cupped hand doing a scooping movement to show a backhoe or similar bucket-type device. * You can use two cupped hands doing scooping/digging movements to show an animal "tunneling" * Use an index finger doing a forward corkscrew movement to show a drill-type device tunneling, * Use an index finger bending and unbending (1,X,1,X) as it moves forward to show the tunneling of a worm (or similar creatures). TUNNEL (noun) See: CAVE See: PIPELINE See: POLE 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: "tunnel"

The right sign for "tunnel" depends on whether you mean the noun or the verb. It also depends on what the tunnel looks like.

TUNNEL (verb)
If you mean the verb:
* You can use a cupped hand doing a scooping movement to show a backhoe or similar bucket-type device.
* You can use two cupped hands doing scooping/digging movements to show an animal "tunneling"
* Use an index finger doing a forward corkscrew movement to show a drill-type device tunneling,
* Use an index finger bending and unbending (1,X,1,X) as it moves forward to show the tunneling of a worm (or similar creatures).

TUNNEL (noun)

See: CAVE
See: PIPELINE
See: POLE

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 >