asl

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A form of American Sign Language — A sign language used primarily in the United States of America and Canada.

Less commonScrabble 3

Meanings

asl1

phrase
  1. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of age, sex, location: used mainly in chat rooms to request this information from the person with whom one is communicating.

    JanEdoeSN87: asl SumLAguy19: 18/m/California

    Synonyms: asf

  2. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of as hell.

    Bro, that ride was fun asl.

    Synonyms: asf

ASL2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of American Sign Language.

    Whereas American Sign Language could have extended into Nicaragua by the 1980s, as it did in neighboring Costa Rica where it combined with a locally developed sign language in the 1960s, Nicaragua’s geo-political isolation prevented ASL from entering the country, notes Shepard-Kegl.

    2018 July 13, Shoshi Parks, “How Deaf Children in Nicaragua Created a New Language”, in Atlas Obscura, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Advanced Squad Leader.
  3. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Apache Software License.
phrase
  1. alternativeAlternative form of asl (“age, sex, location”).
adjectiveASL (comparative more ASL, superlative most ASL)

comparative more ASL · superlative most ASL

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of above sea level.
nounASL (plural ASLs)

plural ASLs

  1. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of arithmetic shift left, a type of bitwise operation.
  2. abbreviationinitialismroadInitialism of advanced stop line

Synonyms & antonyms

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nounthe sign language used in the United States

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APA

asl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asl

MLA

“asl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asl. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asl,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asl.

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