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English noun: emoticon

1. emoticon (communication) a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email


Samples:-( and :-) are emoticons.


Broader (hypernym)facial expression, facial gesture


Narrower (hyponym)smiley









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