Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smiley face

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: smi-ley -face
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A smiley, a simplified drawing of a smiling face, using two dots for the eyes and an arc for the mouth.

noun

A smiley, a sequence of text characters used to represent a happy mood, e.g. :) or :-).

Example Sentences

"Enter the smiley face, the computer hacker's version of comic relief."
"Two minutes later a reply came back. Cool, see you tomorrow...x Campbell sent back a smiley face, did a little dance around the bedroom and flopped back onto his bed wearing a smiley face of his own."
"Against Mary Jane's wishes, I texted Gavin just to reassure him that I was not going out with his girlfriend. I put a smiley face at the end of the message."

Inflected Forms

smiley faces (plural) smily face (alternative)

Questions

What does smiley face mean?: A smiley, a simplified drawing of a smiling face, using two dots for the eyes and an arc for the mouth.

How to pronounce smiley face

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