American Sign Language: "fail"

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There are lots of ways to "fail." The right way to "fail" depends on your meaning.

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The general sign for failure (as in the opposite of success) slides the dominant V (or K) hand (palm up) slides across the top of the non-dominant flat hand palm from the butt of the hand to past the fingertips.

FAIL (in general)


Note:  The graphics are in the right order. The first graphic shows the dominant hand starting its movement from above and behind the non-dominant hand. Then it slides across the palm of the non-dominant hand and off into the air a couple inches.
 

Animated: "fail"
 

 

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FAIL as in "get an F on your paper."

Sample sentence: Have you ever gotten an F in class before? 


 

 

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FAIL as in "lose a competition":

Animation:

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