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.

Review 101 words. Refresher.

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