THROW:
Place your thumb on the fingernails of your index and middle fingers. As
you change that handshape into an "H" handshape, thrust your hand in the
direction of the path of whatever is being thrown.
This version is commonly used to mean "Throw away." If you identify a
certain object such as a "ball" you can then use this sign to show the speed,
manner, and direction in which the ball is thrown.
"Throw away"
"Throw" (the ball)
THROW as in "throw a ball"
You can can use a more "mime-like" method to show specifically how a ball (or
similar item) was thrown.
THROW: As in throw out the garbage.
This version can also mean, "abandon" or "leave it there."
"just put it over there somewhere."
For more information on "putting" things where they go, see "PUT."
American Sign Language University ™ ASL resources by Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars
