To sign 'bumpy', hold both hands in front of you with palms facing down and fingers pointing forward. Move both hands forward simultaneously while making a series of small, up-and-down wavy motions. The movement should visually mimic tracing the surface of a rough, uneven road.
Sign 'dirt' and 'road', then use the 'bumpy' sign. Emphasize the up-and-down motion of your hands to show exactly how rough and uneven the road was.
After signing 'airplane' or 'flight', use the 'bumpy' sign to describe the turbulence. You can make the bumps slightly more erratic to show a rougher ride.
Sign 'wall', then use the 'bumpy' sign. You can adjust the direction of your hands to move downward, showing the bumpy texture on a vertical surface.
Sign 'dirt' and 'road', then use the 'bumpy' sign. Emphasize the up-and-down motion of your hands to show exactly how rough and uneven the road was.
After signing 'airplane' or 'flight', use the 'bumpy' sign to describe the turbulence. You can make the bumps slightly more erratic to show a rougher ride.
Sign 'wall', then use the 'bumpy' sign. You can adjust the direction of your hands to move downward, showing the bumpy texture on a vertical surface.
Yes! While you can also physically bounce the 'airplane' handshape to show turbulence, using the standard 'bumpy' sign right after 'airplane' or 'flight' is perfectly understood to describe a rough ride.
Your hands should move forward and bounce up and down at the exact same time. Alternating them might confuse the meaning or look like a different descriptive sign.
Yes, it can be used for textures. When describing a vertical surface like a wall, you can adjust the direction of the sign so your hands move vertically down the 'wall' while making the bumpy motion.
