To sign dizzy in ASL, open your dominant hand and bend the fingers into a claw. With the palm facing you, move the hand in circles in front of your face. Let your eyes and face look unsteady while the hand circles, because the facial expression carries much of the meaning.
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How to sign it
Handshape: a claw hand, fingers spread and bent.
Location: in front of the face.
Movement: circles in front of the face, about twice.
Palm orientation: the palm faces the face.
Facial expression: eyes and face look unsteady.
Tip to remember it
Lifeprint notes that a dizzy facial expression helps.
Use it in a sentence
GRANDMA DIZZY.
Grandma feels dizzy.
Lifeprint shows the claw hand circling near the top, front and side of the head; this video circles in front of the face.
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