H@TipPalm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp Contact H@BasePalm H@TipPalm Contact H@BasePalm H@TipPalm Contact H@BasePalm

Etymology
Imitative of spreading butter using a knife represented by the strong hand with the “H” handshape (a shape frequently used in ASL to represent a knife) onto bread represented by the weak hand with the “open B” handshape (a shape frequently used to represent a flat object).

Production

 * Hold the nondominant hand in this posture for the entire duration of the sign.
 * Draw the fingers of the dominant hand over the nondominant palm toward its base.
 * Move the dominant hand to the starting posture and repeat at least once, typically twice.
 * Hold the hands briefly in the final posture.
 * Move the dominant hand to the starting posture and repeat at least once, typically twice.
 * Hold the hands briefly in the final posture.
 * Hold the hands briefly in the final posture.

Noun

 * 1) butter
 * 2) margarine