ASL review for: deaf

Partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.

Regional/phonological variation.

Old ASL sign (found in older generations prior to about mid-20th century): obsolete.

Meaning: absolutely deaf; not hearing at all. [Video courtesy of Jonathan Pokorny (coda), 2018.]

Related signs: DEAFHOOD, Deaf culture, Deaf Gain.

For a goose-bumping true story, enjoy the video Deaf or Dead.

Review 101 words. Refresher.

  1. about
  2. after
  3. again
  4. always
  5. and
  6. animal
  7. answer
  8. ask
  9. ask away
  10. bad
  11. bathroom
  12. beard
  13. beautiful
  14. before
  15. begin
  16. big
  17. black
  18. blue
  19. book
  20. both
  21. boy
  22. brother
  23. brown
  24. but
  25. bye-bye
  26. can
  27. car
  28. chair
  29. change
  30. children
  31. class
  32. clear
  33. clothes
  34. cold
  35. college
  36. color
  37. come
  38. copy
  39. correct
  40. dance
  41. dead
  42. deaf
  43. different
  44. done
  45. door
  46. drawing
  47. dress
  48. drink
  49. easy
  50. eight
  51. eighteen
  52. eleven
  53. English
  54. everyday
  55. example
  56. eyeglasses
  57. family
  58. fast
  59. few
  60. fifteen
  61. fine
  62. fish
  63. fishing
  64. five
  65. follow
  66. food
  67. for
  68. forget
  69. four
  70. fourteen
  71. French
  72. friend
  73. from
  74. game
  75. Germany
  76. get
  77. girl
  78. give
  79. good
  80. goodbye
  81. gray
  82. green
  83. group
  84. grow
  85. hair
  86. happy
  87. hard
  88. hard of hearing
  89. hat
  90. have
  91. he
  92. hearing
  93. hello
  94. help
  95. high
  96. high school
  97. home
  98. homework
  99. hot
  100. hour
  101. house
  102. how
  103. how much
  104. idea
  105. if
  106. Internet
  107. jacket
  108. jot
  109. jump
  110. keep
  111. know
  112. language
  113. last
  114. learn
  115. left-handed
  116. letter
  117. like (feeling)
  118. like (same)
  119. little
  120. live
  121. long
  122. look
  123. look at
  124. look like
  125. lose
  126. lose (game)
  127. love
  128. love it
  129. low
  130. make
  131. man
  132. many
  133. meaning
  134. meet
  135. minus
  136. minute
  137. money
  138. month
  139. more
  140. morning
  141. most
  142. mother
  143. mother in law
  144. move
  145. much
  146. must
  147. my
  148. name
  149. near
  150. need
  151. never
  152. new
  153. next
  154. night
  155. nine
  156. no
  157. not
  158. nothing
  159. now
  160. number
  161. often
  162. ok
  163. old
  164. on
  165. one
  166. open
  167. orange
  168. other
  169. pants
  170. paper
  171. parent
  172. people
  173. person
  174. picture
  175. pink
  176. play
  177. please
  178. pointless
  179. practice
  180. purple
  181. question
  182. read
  183. ready
  184. receive
  185. receptive
  186. red
  187. remember
  188. right (correct)
  189. room
  190. same
  191. say
  192. scheme
  193. school
  194. see
  195. sentence
  196. seven
  197. seventeen
  198. she
  199. shirt
  200. shoes
  201. should
  202. show
  203. sick
  204. sign language
  205. signing
  206. since
  207. sister
  208. sit
  209. six
  210. sixteen
  211. slow
  212. small
  213. some
  214. soon
  215. sorry
  216. Spanish
  217. stand
  218. start
  219. stay
  220. still
  221. stop
  222. student
  223. study
  224. study group
  225. subtract
  226. success
  227. sure
  228. take
  229. talk
  230. teach
  231. teacher
  232. tell
  233. ten
  234. test
  235. thank you
  236. that
  237. their
  238. they
  239. think
  240. thirteen
  241. three
  242. throw
  243. tired
  244. today
  245. tomorrow
  246. too
  247. travel
  248. try
  249. twelve
  250. two
  251. understand
  252. university
  253. use
  254. very
  255. visit
  256. voice
  257. wait
  258. walk
  259. want
  260. warm
  261. water
  262. week
  263. what
  264. when
  265. where
  266. which
  267. white
  268. who
  269. why
  270. will
  271. win
  272. window
  273. with
  274. woman
  275. word
  276. work
  277. write
  278. write down
  279. writing
  280. wrong
  281. yellow
  282. yes
  283. yesterday
  284. you
  285. your