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HELICOPTER: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "helicopter"
This variation uses a "classifier three handshape." (CL:3)
Stick the palm of your right "five hand" on top of the tip of the thumb of your left CL:3 hand.
Flutter the dominant hand from the wrist, (the fingers do not individually move up and down but rather the whole hand flutters) representing the whirling blades of the helicopter.
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Sample sentence: SOMEDAY I WANT A HELICOPTER or ROCKET.
HELICOPTER (Version 2)
Another popular way to sign "helicopter" is to flutter a "5 hand" on top of an index finger:
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Sample sentence: WISH YOURSELF HAVE HELICOPTER YOU?
One way to show a HELICOPTER flying away is:
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