To sign snake in ASL, curve your index and middle fingers into a bent V and hold the hand in front of your body. Move the hand forward and slightly down in a slow, slithering path, as a snake moves along the ground. Keep the other fingers folded.
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How to sign it
Handshape: a bent V, with the index and middle fingers curved and the other fingers folded.
Location: in front of your body, around chest height.
Movement: move the hand forward and slightly down in a slow slither.
Facial expression: neutral.
Tip to remember it
The hand slithers forward like a snake moving across the ground.
Use it in a sentence
SNAKE THERE.
There is a snake over there.
This video shows one common way to sign snake. Other signers may use a different handshape or movement.
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