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fingerspelling

[ fing-ger-spel-ing ]

noun

  1. the communication in sign language of a word or other expression by rendering its written form letter by letter in a manual alphabet.


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I press “play” again on the video and watch Will’s careful signing, his fingerspelling, his nervous relief at the end.

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Alice Rash, a teacher at the California School for the Deaf, added that she was impressed by the nuance in Jackie and his father’s exchange, like the use of fingerspelling.

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Nervous relief flooded his face when he finished fingerspelling my name.

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The company launched fingerspelling mobile app Ace ASL for iOS in April, and for Android earlier this month.

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“I was filming my show about 75 hours a week, but I was always fingerspelling between takes,” said Jones, 19, referring to the practice of using one’s fingers to form individual letters.

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