Etymology

Hand circles heart, indicating the heart-felt nature of the experience or request.

Production

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

  1. 

     Posture the dominant hand in the “open B” handshape on the chest, dominant palm facing back.
  2. Move the dominant hand around the chest, at least one full circle.

• When used as a noun, the hand is held briefly before and after the circling movement.
• Stokoe: []B_⊤ ^@_X

Adverb

Category:American Sign Language lemmas#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language adverbs#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language entries with incorrect language header#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:Pages with entries#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACECategory:Pages with 1 entry#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACE (ASL gloss: PLEASE)

1. please; would you please; used in a polite request

   OpenB@Chest-PalmBack CirclesSurface BentB@Inside-PalmUp-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp BentB@Palm-FingerTipDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp OpenB@BackFinger-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown OpenB@BackWrist-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown

   PLEASE AGAIN SLOW (“Please repeat that slowly.”)

Verb

Category:American Sign Language lemmas#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language verbs#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language entries with incorrect language header#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:Pages with entries#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACECategory:Pages with 1 entry#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACE (ASL gloss: PLEASE)

1. (datedCategory:American Sign Language dated terms#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACE, transitiveCategory:American Sign Language transitive verbs#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACE) to please (someone); to gratify
2. (datedCategory:American Sign Language dated terms#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACE) to enjoy; to like
3. (intransitiveCategory:American Sign Language intransitive verbs#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACE) to appreciate

Adjective

Category:American Sign Language lemmas#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language adjectives#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language entries with incorrect language header#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:Pages with entries#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACECategory:Pages with 1 entry#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACE (ASL gloss: PLEASE)

1. willing

Noun

Category:American Sign Language lemmas#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language nouns#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:American Sign Language entries with incorrect language header#BOpenB@Chest-PalmBack%20CirclesSurfaceCategory:Pages with entries#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACECategory:Pages with 1 entry#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACE (ASL gloss: PLEASURE)

1. enjoyment; pleasure

Related terms

• OpenB@Chest-PalmBack-OpenB@Trunk-PalmBack RoundSurface-RoundSurface (“to enjoy; to have fun”)Category:American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts#OPENB@CHEST-PALMBACK%20CIRCLESSURFACE