How do you sign “Stop” in ASL?
STOP: STOP in American Sign Language (ASL) halts an action or a person mid-course. The video and GIF below demonstrate the sign.
When do you use STOP in ASL?
STOP handles traffic, misbehaving pets, and overlong stories with equal efficiency. It is blunt by design, and softening it falls to the face and posture around it. Signers also use it for quitting habits and ending activities. Classroom games lean on it heavily, which is often where students first use it without thinking.
It appears in Lesson 29 of Book 1.
📖 STOP is taught in Lesson 29 of ASL 101: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →
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