: a group of keyboard characters (such as :-)) that typically represents a facial expression or suggests an attitude or emotion and that is used especially in computerized communications (such as email) compare emoji
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These emotions are shown through happy, neutral and angry emoticons.—Amit Gandhi, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Illustrations and emoticons abound; phrases repeat themselves; characters morph into and out of one another.—Alexandra Tanner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025 The message ended with an emoticon of the Ukrainian flag.—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 2 Mar. 2025 Some services appeared to be coming back online by mid-morning Wednesday, including group and direct messaging as well as emoticon reactions.—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for emoticon
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