emoticon
A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotionA graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.: A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley.
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Meaning
2 sensesA graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.
A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley.
Emoticon
сма́йликsmájlik, эмотико́нemotikón, смайлsmajl
An image or graphic icon used to represent such emotions; an emoji.
- a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email
Examples
7 sentencesDo you know what the differences between emoticons and emojis are?
Do you know what the difference between an emoticon and an emoji is?
Even though computer programmers may use semicolons every day, nowadays most people only use semicolons for emoticons.
This :-) is an emoticon.
ruЭто :-) - смайлик.
Where programmers use semi-colons every day, the majority of people only use them in emoticons.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn)der.Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn)der.
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