a small digital image or symbol used in electronic communication to convey an idea or feeling
The people I follow on Twitter almost never use emojis.
Sometimes I’m lazy and justsend a heart emoji.
Some have claimed that emoji are an emerginglanguage that could sooncompete with English in globalusage.
This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary by: serguei from Russian Federation on 29/10/2015
Synonyms and related words
Communicating by email or text message
address
ASCII art
attach
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The word emoji (and the concept it represents) is Japanese in origin, formulated by combining the words e (‘picture’) and moji (‘character’). The word’s adoption into English has possibly been helped by the handy fact that it begins with emo, therefore graphically resembling its precursor the emoticon.
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emoji
noun countable computing
US /ɪˈmoʊdʒi/
Other entries for this word
emojiverb
Word Forms
singular
emoji
plural
emojis or emoji
DEFINITIONS1
1
a small digital image or symbol used in electronic communication to convey an idea or feeling
The people I follow on Twitter almost never use emojis.
Sometimes I’m lazy and justsend a heart emoji.
Some have claimed that emoji are an emerginglanguage that could sooncompete with English in globalusage.
This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary by: serguei from Russian Federation on 29/10/2015
Synonyms and related words
Communicating by email or text message
address
ASCII art
attach
Featured as a BuzzWord!
The word emoji (and the concept it represents) is Japanese in origin, formulated by combining the words e (‘picture’) and moji (‘character’). The word’s adoption into English has possibly been helped by the handy fact that it begins with emo, therefore graphically resembling its precursor the emoticon.
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emoji
verb
Other entries for this word
emojinoun
DEFINITIONS1
1
to send emojis to express yourself and the situation you are in