American Sign Language: "magnet" This sign can mean "stuck to" or it can mean "magnet." You might need to spell out M-A-G-N-E-T near the beginning of your conversation if your context isn't very clear. If you need it to be a verb, use a larger movement of the dominant hand with a more firm ending. If you need it to be a noun, you can do the movement twice using a smaller motion each time. Or do it the way I show here but precede the sign by a sign like HAVE. For example: "YOU HAVE STICK-to YOU?" would be interpreted as "Do you have a magnet?" (If you wanted it to mean a "yellow sticky" you could sign "YOU HAVE YELLOW STICK-to PAPER small-RECTANGLE YOU?" You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore." Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >

American Sign Language: "magnet"

This sign can mean "stuck to" or it can mean "magnet." You might need to spell out M-A-G-N-E-T near the beginning of your conversation if your context isn't very clear.
If you need it to be a verb, use a larger movement of the dominant hand with a more firm ending.
If you need it to be a noun, you can do the movement twice using a smaller motion each time. Or do it the way I show here but precede the sign by a sign like HAVE. For example: "YOU HAVE STICK-to YOU?" would be interpreted as "Do you have a magnet?" (If you wanted it to mean a "yellow sticky" you could sign "YOU HAVE YELLOW STICK-to PAPER small-RECTANGLE YOU?"

You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™
ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy something from the ASLU "Bookstore."

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >