'sign language' definitions:
Definition of 'sign language'
(from WordNet)
noun
Language expressed by visible hand gestures [syn: sign language, signing]
Definition of 'sign language'
From: GCIDE
- sign language \sign" lang`uage\ (s[imac]n" l[a^]ng`w[asl]j), n. A form of language for communicating by use of gestures made by the hands, rather than by speech. It includes alphabets made by hand gestures, as well as proper languages formed from signs. Among the latter is the American Sign Language (ASL), used by the deaf. See also dactylology. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'sign language'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bearing,
- beck,
- beckon,
- body language,
- carriage,
- charade,
- chironomy,
- dactylology,
- deaf-and-dumb alphabet,
- dumb show,
- finger alphabet,
- gesticulation,
- gesture,
- gesture language,
- hand signal,
- kinesics,
- manual alphabet,
- motion,
- movement,
- oral method,
- pantomime,
- poise,
- pose,
- posture,
- shrug,
- stance