To sign 'crash', start with both hands open in loose claw shapes, positioned apart with your palms facing each other. Quickly bring your hands together in front of your chest. As they meet, close both hands into fists, with your knuckles touching to represent the impact of a collision.
Sign 'car' first to establish the subject, then perform the 'crash' sign with a sharp, quick movement to show the vehicles colliding.
After establishing 'bike', use the two-handed 'crash' sign to clearly illustrate the two objects forcefully meeting in the middle.
Sign 'hear', then perform 'crash'. You can emphasize the intensity of the noise by making the movement of your hands coming together more forceful.
Sign 'car' first to establish the subject, then perform the 'crash' sign with a sharp, quick movement to show the vehicles colliding.
After establishing 'bike', use the two-handed 'crash' sign to clearly illustrate the two objects forcefully meeting in the middle.
Sign 'hear', then perform 'crash'. You can emphasize the intensity of the noise by making the movement of your hands coming together more forceful.
Typically, this sign is reserved for physical collisions. For a computer or software crashing, it is more common to use signs like 'break', 'stop', or to simply fingerspell the word depending on the context.
The sign shown here, where both hands move, implies two things colliding. If a moving object hits a stationary one (like a car hitting a tree), you would typically use classifier handshapes to show one hand moving into a stationary hand.
You can modify the sign by making the starting distance between your hands wider, bringing them together with more force, and intensifying your facial expression to show the severity.
