Nervous has several definitions; worried, anxious, fearful, apprehensive, and uneasy. Likewise, ASL has several hand signs for this very excitable and sensitive emotion. In my dictionary, this clown’s face had a pained smile, but I updated his entire facial expression to a more worried grimace for the hand sign’s animation.
In the hand signs for Stand, Sit, Dance, Jump, Fall, and Lie Down, the V hand sign touches the opposite palm as a visual reference to legs. With the bent V hand sign jiggling on the back of the opposite hand, I can remember this visual as not being able stand still or nervously shaking in your boots.
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