Vocabulary review for:
Night is a time when everyone goes to bed and sleep (or toss and turn) at the end of the day when the half of the world gets dark, except for nocturnal creatures which go out and hunt during the night.
"How do you sign 'night' in American Sign Language?"
Meaning: The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
There is an imaginary 24-hour line around the base hand to indicate a time period of the day/night.
Pronunciation (sign description): Bent flat dominant hand with its palm facing down rests over the non-dominant palm-down flat hand, where the dominant forearm generally rests on the non-dominant hand.
Usage examples: "good night", "silent night", just about nearly anything with 'night'.
Opposite: MORNING.
Meaning: all night.
There is an imaginary 24-hour line around the base hand to indicate a time period of the day/night.
Related signs: OVERNIGHT.
For "every night", see NIGHTLY.
Related signs: DARK, MIDNIGHT, NIGHTTIME, NOCTURNAL, TONIGHT.
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