How to sign boat in American Sign Language

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Sign Instructions:

Place your hands next to each other with your palms oriented upward and your hands touching each other on the pinkie side of your hands. Then move your hands forward a couple of times. This sign mimics the movement of a boat through the water.

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Sequential Image Breakdown

Sequential Breakdown of boat

Beginning and End Frames

Beginning of Sign

First Frame of boat

End of Sign

Final Frame of boat

Dominant Handshapes for this sign

Dominant Handshape for boat
Extend your thumb outwards at a 90-degree angle, bend the other fingers at the knuckles, keeping them at a 90-degree angle to the palm.

Non-Dominant Handshapes for this sign

Non-Dominant Handshape for boat
Extend your thumb outwards at a 90-degree angle, bend the other fingers at the knuckles, keeping them at a 90-degree angle to the palm.

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