1@NearFinger-Open8@Center-PalmDown Contact 1@NearFinger-Open8@Center-PalmDown

• This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:

  1. 

     Posture the nondominant hand in the “open 8” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of the sternum, nondominant palm facing down. Posture the dominant hand in the “1” handshape within a couple of inches of the extended finger of the nondominant hand.
  2. Strike the index finger of the dominant hand against the bent middle finger of the nondominant hand while holding the nondominant hand still.

  3. 

     Posture the nondominant hand in the “open 8” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of the sternum, nondominant palm facing down. Posture the dominant hand in the “1” handshape within a couple of inches of the extended finger of the nondominant hand.

GUH Hand	LUH Hand	LUH Move	GUH Move	GUH Hand	LUH Hand
GUH Palm	LUH Palm	Second	Second	GUH Palm	LUH Palm
GUH Position	LUH Separation	Third	Third
1	open-8		LUH Side
Side	Down
	Touching on
	Topside

(ASL gloss: SKIP)

1. (transitive) to skip (some event, especially class or a meeting)
2. (transitive) to lack

(ASL gloss: ABSENT)

1. absent; lacking; missing