emoji
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3.0
- noun
- /ɪˈmoʊdʒi/
- Texting
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emoji
- He reacted to the funny video with a emoji, indicating that he found it hilarious.
- emoji face
- a smiley face emoji
- a new emoji
I love the surprise baby trope emoji every time.
- I love the surprise baby trope emoji every time.
- Maybe you send her the dog emoji or send her a selfie.
- And next text is sending emojis just for attention.
- And then you wrote meow and then an emoji of a cat.
- Whoa and most importantly, there's an emoji key.
- And, you know, vomit emojis and things like that.
- Rather than the kiss emoji, he just breaks my heart to bits.
- And the fist like a fist bump emoji.
- And he said a a smile emoji.
- And Opie responds and goes bro crying emoji.
Examples
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I couldn't wait until my mom got an iPhone so our texts could have emoji faces.
Blog text (13) -
Anxious face emoji.
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And then it has the cat emoji that could mean anything.
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If you think I won, do a pizza emoji in the comments.
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Rather than the kiss emoji, he just breaks my heart to bits.
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I like the winky emoji.
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I always see you putting a bunch of emojis in your captions.
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We know his name is Charlie, and he's got a dog emoji and a plant emoji and a stethoscope emoji.
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In her text message, she sent a emoji to show how much she cared.
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The post included a variety of emoji to express different emotions, like joy, surprise, and love.
Synonyms
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3.3
A small picture of a smiling face used in messages to show you are friendly
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3.3
A small picture used in messages to show a friendly face
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3.4
A picture of a face made with keyboard characters to show feeling in messages
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7.2
A small icon used in messages to show a feeling
A small picture on a screen that shows an idea, thing, feeling or action
Compounds
- Offensive
An emoji showing a face made to look like a woman's private parts, used playfully or sexually
How Expressive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Emoji comes from Japanese parts e meaning 'picture' and moji meaning 'character'. So an emoji is a tiny 'picture character', a small picture used like a letter or icon to show an 'idea' or 'feeling' in a message.