Form an 'S' shape with both hands. Hold your non-dominant arm horizontally across your body with the palm facing down. Bring your dominant hand down from near your shoulder to strike the back of your non-dominant wrist, pushing it downward slightly.
Sign 'defeat' by striking your dominant hand down onto your non-dominant wrist, emphasizing the downward motion to show conquering the opposing team.
Use the sign for 'defeat' with a strong, decisive movement to show that you successfully overcame the challenge of the game.
Sign 'defeat' with a swift, firm downward strike to convey the ease and finality of her victory over the opponent.
Sign 'defeat' by striking your dominant hand down onto your non-dominant wrist, emphasizing the downward motion to show conquering the opposing team.
Use the sign for 'defeat' with a strong, decisive movement to show that you successfully overcame the challenge of the game.
Sign 'defeat' with a swift, firm downward strike to convey the ease and finality of her victory over the opponent.
No, this specific motion means to defeat or conquer someone else. If you want to say 'I lost' or 'I failed', you would use the sign for 'lose', where a 'V' handshape strikes downward onto the open palm of your other hand.
Yes! This sign is commonly used in the context of sports, video games, or competitions to mean 'beat', 'conquer', or 'overcome'.
Yes, 'defeat' can act as a directional verb. The standard form shown here generally means 'to defeat someone'. If you alter the movement so the dominant hand strikes backward toward your own body, it changes the meaning to 'it defeated me' or 'I was defeated'.
