smiley face

noun

: a line drawing of a smiling face

Examples of smiley face in a Sentence

He ended his e-mail with a smiley face. The teacher drew a smiley face on the student's homework.
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The cover was pink with two big rainbows and illustrations of pills with smiley faces. Marta Martínez, NPR, 8 June 2025 More Photo by Bobby Ellis/Getty Images As shared by the team on X, Indianapolis will wear Irsay's initial, signature, and trademark smiley face on their jersey throughout the entire upcoming campaign. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025 The smiley face emoji is no longer being perceived as joyful. Anna Halkidis, Parents, 22 May 2025 Cut to: Lidia drawing a smiley face with the condensation from an airplane window, as water comes to represent freedom from pain in three different ways across the span of a single sequence. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for smiley face

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of smiley face was in 1957

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“Smiley face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smiley%20face. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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