# Naming a motion effect (/animation-vocabulary)

/animation-vocabulary is a Claude Code skill in the Web & Design section. It is maintained by emilkowalski and published under the MIT license. Turns a vague description of a web animation effect into its exact term, so you know what to ask an AI or a designer for.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/animation-vocabulary
- Section: [Web & Design](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/web.md)
- Author: emilkowalski
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/emilkowalski/skills/tree/d16ebe60d09a5ba2afcb7054ede9d0a10c9f6128/skills/animation-vocabulary
- Updated 23 Sept 2026

## How to ask for it

- `What's that bounce effect called when a popover opens?`
- `I need the exact name for the iOS-style rubber-band scroll to brief a designer`
- `What do you call it when an element slides away on swipe?`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```


## Author's description

Reverse-lookup glossary that turns a vague description of a web animation or motion effect into its exact term ("the bouncy thing when a popover opens" → Pop in; "the iOS rubber-band scroll" → Rubber-banding). Use when the user asks "what's it called when…", or describes a motion effect without knowing its name and wants the right word to prompt an AI or designer with. For naming an effect, not designing or building one.

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)