Definition of v-sign in English English dictionary
- A V-sign is a gesture which is made by sticking up your first two fingers in a V shape, with the palm of your hand facing away from you, as a sign of victory
- In Britain, a V-sign is a rude gesture which is made by sticking up your first two fingers in a V shape, with the palm of your hand facing you
- Adamorobe Sign Language
- An indigenous sign language used in Adamorobe, a village of Ghana
- Algerian Sign Language
- A sign language used in Algeria
- American Sign Language
- a language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas; some signs are based on English words, but ASL syntax and grammar are not based on English
- Argentine Sign Language
- A sign language used in Argentina
- Bolivian Sign Language
- A sign language used in Bolivia
- Brazilian Sign Language
- A sign language used in Brazil
- British Sign Language
- a language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate both concrete and abstract ideas; some signs are based on English words, but BSL syntax and grammar are not based on English
- Chilean Sign Language
- A sign language used in Chile
- Chvostek sign
- One of the signs of tetany seen in hypocalcemia
- Colombian Sign Language
- A sign language used in Colombia
- French Sign Language
- A dactylological sign language used in seven different countries, based on Old French Sign Language
- Hausa Sign Language
- A sign language used in Nigeria
- Honduras Sign Language
- A sign language used in Honduras
- I don't speak American Sign Language
- Indicates that the speaker is unable to speak the American Sign Language
- Kenyan Sign Language
- A particular sign language, used in Kenya
- Lhermitte sign
- Electric sensations of the spine and limbs induced by flexing the neck forward
- Lhermitte's sign
- Electric sensations of the spine and limbs induced by flexing the neck forward
- Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
- A sign language, now extinct, which developed on Martha's Vineyard (an island in Massachusetts)
- South African Sign Language
- A sign language used in South Africa
- V sign
- a sign of victory or peace made with the index and middle fingers, and the palm outwards
- V sign
- a gesture of contempt made with the palm inwards; supposedly originated by English bowmen at Agincourt
- air sign
- Any of the three star signs Aquarius, Gemini or Libra
- astrological sign
- Any of twelve signs, corresponding to constellations, that are used as the basis of astrology
- at sign
- the symbol @
- at-sign
- Attributive form of at sign
the at-sign key on my keyboard.
- barber's sign
- A standing pole and two wash balls
- call sign
- Any combination of characters or pronounceable words, which identifies a communication facility, a command, an authority, an activity, or a unit; used primarily for establishing and maintaining communications. Also called CS. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms.)
- call sign
- A combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station
- collective call sign
- Any call sign which represents two or more facilities, commands, authorities, or units. The collective call sign for any of these includes the commander thereof and all subordinate commanders therein
CHARLIE 6: Commmander of the 1098th Transportation Company (Medium Boat) in Vietnam.
- cuckoo sign
- A gesture, consisting of a twirling motion of a finger near the temple, that indicates that a person may have a screw loose
- day sign
- Any of 20 glyphs used, along with a number from 1 to 13, in traditional Mesoamerican calendars to identify their 260 days
- division sign
- Any symbol (in particular ÷ or / ) used to denote the operation of division
- dollar sign
- in certain languages (such as BASIC), to indicate a variable or a constant containing text (a string) as opposed to a number
- dollar sign
- in regular expressions, used to indicated the end of the string/line
- dollar sign
- in certain languages, used to indicate a hexadecimal constant
- dollar sign
- in certain languages (such as Perl or PHP), to indicate a variable
- dollar sign
- in certain languages, used to indicate a constant
- dollar sign
- punctuation symbol $, used to indicate a price in dollars
The total with tax is $1.05.
- dollar-sign
- Attributive form of dollar sign
dollar-sign key.
- earth sign
- Any of the three star signs Capricorn, Taurus or Virgo
- equal sign
- A symbol ( = ) used in mathematics to indicate that two values are the same, and elsewhere in various other ways, such as (formerly) to separate the signature from the content of a telegram
- equal-sign
- Attributive form of equal sign
equal-sign key.
- equals sign
- Alternative form of equal sign
- exit sign
- A device in a public building that displays where the exit is
- fire sign
- Any of the three star signs Aries, Leo or Sagittarius
- gang sign
- Any distinguishing mark, such as a tattoo, that serves to identify a member of a particular gang
- handicapped sign
- A sign indicating that a certain parking space is a handicapped space and that any nonhandicapped person parking there will have to pay a big fine
- hang-loose sign
- The shaka, a gesture made with a fist with the thumb and little finger extended
- hash sign
- ]]
- hash sign
- the number sign [[Appendix: Unsupported titles/Number sign|
- hex sign
- A protective symbol used in Heathenry comprising of a six petaled flower or star set within a circle
- indefinite call sign
- A call sign which does not represent a specific facility, command, authority, activity, or unit, but which may represent any one or any group of these
- international call sign
- A call sign assigned in accordance with the provisions of the International Telecommunications Union to identify a radio station. The nationality of the radio station is identified by the first or the first two characters. (When used in visual signaling, international call signs are referred to as “signal letters.”)
- loser sign
- A gesture made by placing the hand in the L shape near the forehead; used to signify that oneself or someone else is a loser
- minus sign
- The symbol − or - used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative
- minus-plus sign
- the symbol ∓, meaning "minus or plus", used alongside the plus-minus sign to show that a negative value is to be taken where the positive value is indicated by the plus-minus sign, and vice versa (as in (x ± 1) / (x ∓ 2), which means (x + 1) / (x - 2) and (x - 1) / (x + 2))
- multiplication sign
- Any symbol (in particular × or · or *) used to denote the operation of multiplication
- neon sign
- An illuminated sign constructed from fluorescent lights in the form of bent glass tubes; the different colours being obtained by adding different noble gases to the neon
- net call sign
- A call sign which represents all stations within a net
- not equal sign
- A relation symbol that indicates that two expressions are different; the ≠ symbol
- number sign
- The character [[Appendix: Unsupported titles/Number sign|
- number sign
- ]] used to represent the word number; the hash sign; also called the pound sign in the US
- peace sign
- A hand gesture of peace, made with the middle finger and index finger
- plus sign
- The symbol + used to denote the operation of addition and to indicate that a number is positive
- plus-minus sign
- the symbol ±, meaning "plus or minus", used to indicate the precision of an approximation (as in "The result is 10 ± 0.3", meaning the result is somewhere between 10 - 0.3, that is, 9.7, and 10 + 0.3, that is, 10.3), or as a convenient shorthand for a quantity with two possible values of opposing sign and identical magnitude (as in "The roots of the equation x2 - 4 = 0 are ±2")
- pound sign
- The symbol [[Appendix: Unsupported titles/Number sign|
- pound sign
- The symbol £ representing the pound sterling
- pound sign
- ]] on a telephone
- re-sign
- To sign again; to provided one's signature again
- road sign
- A sign for the control of traffic or the information of drivers
The road signs on motorways are particularly clear and well lit at night.
- section sign
- A typographical character (this sign: § ) used mainly to refer to a particular section of a document, such as a legal code
- shilling sign
- The symbol '/' used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation to separate shillings from pence when writing out sums of money. (Examples: 7/6 = seven shillings and six pence; 7/- = seven shillings exactly.)
- sign
- sign language in general
Sorry, I don't know sign very well.
- sign
- A visible indication
Those clouds show little sign of raining soon.
- sign
- A linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages
What's the sign for computer?.
- sign
- A traffic sign
I missed the sign at the corner so I took the wrong turn.
- sign
- To give autographs
I'm sorry, I don't sign.
- sign
- To write one's signature somewhere
Please sign on the dotted line.
- sign
- A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed by the patient
- sign
- To communicate using (sign langauge)
The chimp was taught to sign ASL.
- sign
- A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures
The sign in the window said for rent.
- sign
- An astrological sign
Your sign is Taurus? That's no surprise.
- sign
- Positive or negative polarity
I got the magnitude right, but the sign was wrong.
- sign
- Any of several specialized non-alphabetic symbols
The sharp sign indicates that the pitch of the note is raised a half step.
- sign
- To give legal consent by writing one's signature
I'm not signing anything without my lawyer present.
- sign
- To communicate using sign language
I'm learning to sign so I can talk to my new neighbor.
- sign
- A meaningful gesture
I gave them a thumbs-up sign.
- sign
- An omen
It's a sign of the end of the world, the doom prophet said.
- sign
- To persuade to sign a contract
It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players.
- sign
- To write one's signature on (a document), thus showing authorship
I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt.
- sign bit
- The bit in the representation of a number indicating whether it is negative or positive; applicable to both twos complement and signed magnitude representations
- sign in
- To sign one's name on a list when entering somewhere
In order to get into the office after hours, you'll have to sign in at the security desk.
- sign in
- To take some action to access a secured program or web page on a computer; to log in
- sign into law
- To sign legislation as a mark of official approval
- sign language
- Communication through gestures used when speech is impossible, for example, between monks under a vow of silence or people speaking different languages
Even Maxwell the trader, who has been most among them, is compelled to resort to the curious sign language common to most of the prairie tribes.
- sign language
- The sign language (sense 1) that is used locally or that is mistakenly believed to be the only one
I'm taking night classes to learn sign language.
- sign language
- One of several natural languages, typically used by the deaf, where the words and phrases consist of hand shapes, motions, positions, and facial expressions
It is safe to say that the academic world is now convinced that sign languages are real languages in every sense of the term.
- sign language
- Sign languages (sense 1) considered collectively
There are some unique properties found in sign language compared to spoken language.
- sign languages
- plural form of sign language
- sign of the cross
- A gesture of the hand moving over the front of one's body in the shape of a cross made as part of ritual or to invoke divine protection
- sign of the times
- A symbol of an era; a zeitgeist
- sign off
- To log off; to stop using a computer, radio, etc., especially to stop talking
He finished the conversation and signed off.
- sign off
- to give one's official approval to something for which it is needed
Once the vice-president signs off on the project, we can start construction.
- sign off
- To cease broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the end of a broadcasting day
Before he signed off the radio station for the night, the disc jockey played the National Anthem.
- sign off
- Term used to describe the closing of a radio or television station's studios and cessation of a broadcasting signal, usually during the overnight hours
Sign off for the small-town radio station was at midnight.
- sign offs
- plural form of sign off
- sign on
- The time of day when a radio or television station begins broadcasting, usually after being off the air for several hours
Sign on for the radio station is at 5 a.m.
- sign on
- To sign on for the dole
- sign on
- To join something, after signing
- sign on
- To log on; to start using a computer, radio, etc., or to start talking
- sign on
- To begin broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the beginning of a broadcasting day and after being off the air for several hours
Years ago, the TV station would sign on at 5 a.m., but now it broadcasts 24 hours a day.
- sign on the dotted line
- To formalize an agreement
I think they've basically decided to go through with it, but they still have to sign on the dotted line.
- sign out
- To sign your name as an indication that you are leaving some location; to take some action to indicate you are leaving a secured program or web page on a computer
After making the necessary edits always sign out of the system.
- sign over
- to sign a document transferring property or rights to somebody else
He signed his house over to his wife in order to avoid taxes.
- sign up
- To agree to purchase some good or service
After much deliberation we decided to sign up for satellite TV.
- sign up
- To add one's own name to the list of people who are participating in something
Terry signed up for the soccer team.
- sign up
- To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something
We signed up Bob for kitchen cleanup duty.
- star sign
- Synonym of the satanic petagramastrological sign
- stop sign
- A red sign on the street telling cars to stop
- tactical call sign
- A call sign which identifies a tactical command or tactical communication facility
- take sign
- A sign from the third base coach, or whoever the batter receives signals from, telling the batter that no matter what he will not swing at the next pitch
- times sign
- A multiplication sign
- traffic sign
- A sign for the control of traffic or the information of drivers
The traffic signs on motorways are particularly clear and well lit at night.
- visual call sign
- A call sign provided primarily for visual signaling
- voice call sign
- A call sign provided primarily for voice communication
- water sign
- Any of the three star signs Cancer, Pisces or Scorpio
- zodiac sign
- Any of the twelve star signs corresponding to the constellations which make up the zodiac
- sign
- {v} to subscribe, ratify by writing, mark
- sign
- {n} a token, symbol, device, miracle, constellation containing 3 degrees or the 12th part of the zodiac
- sure sign
- Burden of proof, conclusive evidence
- yield sign
- In road transport, a yield (Canada, Ireland, and the United States) or give way (United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries) traffic sign indicates that a driver of a vehicle must slow down and prepare to stop if necessary (usually while merging into traffic on another road) but does not need to stop if there is no reason to. A driver who has actually stopped in this situation is said to have yielded the right-of-way to through traffic on the main road. In contrast, a stop sign always requires a full stop. The first yield sign was installed in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was invented by Tulsan Clinton Riggs
