How to sign sideburns in American Sign Language

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Sign Instructions:

Begin with your thumb and index fingers on the sides of your face next to your ears, and then your fingertips down to your jaw, mimicking the outline of sideburns.

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Sequential Image Breakdown

Sequential Breakdown of sideburns

Beginning and End Frames

Beginning of Sign

First Frame of sideburns

End of Sign

Final Frame of sideburns

Dominant Handshapes for this sign

Dominant Handshape for sideburns
Fold middle, ring, and pinky fingers into the palm, bring the tips of the thumb and index finger close together while keeping the index finger straight but bent at the knuckle at a 90-degree angle.

Non-Dominant Handshapes for this sign

Non-Dominant Handshape for sideburns
Fold middle, ring, and pinky fingers into the palm, bring the tips of the thumb and index finger close together while keeping the index finger straight but bent at the knuckle at a 90-degree angle.

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