How to Sign "Shopping" in American Sign Language (ASL)

In ASL, "shopping" is signed by making both hands into modified "S" handshapes, palms facing up, and moving them alternately up and down as if picking items off shelves and putting them in a cart. The sign copies how people shop in real life. You can show what kind of shopping you mean by adding other signs before or after it, like "clothes" or "food." The sign can be big or small based on how much you want to stress it, and your face shows if you're happy or not about shopping. People use this sign a lot when talking about daily tasks.