To sign boy in ASL, raise your dominant hand to the side of your forehead, fingers straight and together with the thumb below them. Close the fingers down onto the thumb, open them again, and repeat a few times, as if gripping the brim of a cap. Keep the movement small and relaxed.
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How to sign it
Handshape: a flat hand with the fingers together that closes onto the thumb and opens again.
Location: the side of the forehead, just above the eyebrow.
Movement: the fingers close onto the thumb and open, a few times.
Palm orientation: the palm faces down and slightly forward.
Use it in a sentence
BOY HAPPY.
The boy is happy.
This video matches Lifeprint: the fingers close onto the thumb at the forehead, repeated. Lifeprint also shows a single-movement version.
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Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University), lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/b/boy.htm.
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