smiley

• smilie (very rare)
• smily

Diminutive of smile.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmaɪli/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -aɪli

smiley (comparative smilier, superlative smiliest)

1. Cheerful and happy; smiling.

   have a smiley demeanor

   a very smiley girl

2. (slang) Having one's throat slit from side to side.

smiley (plural smileys or smilies)

1. A simplified representation of a smiling face.

   Synonym: smiley face

2. (Internet) A sequence of text characters used to represent a mood, especially :) or :-) or other depictions of smiling.

   Synonym: emoticon

   How do you type the angry smiley?

3. (rare) An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end.
4. (South Africa) A roasted sheep's head.
5. The type of piercing of the upper frenulum (upper lip).
   • 2011, Elayne Angel, The Piercing Bible: The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing, Crossing Press, →ISBN, page 118:

     Smiley/Scrumper and Frowny Smiley and scrumper are both names for a piercing of the upper frenulum that attaches the center of the lip to the gums.

• Appendix:Emoticons

• smiley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• slymie, slimey, limeys, Limeys, Smylie, milsey

From English smiley. First attested in 1993.

• IPA^(key): /smajli/, [ˈsmɑjli]

smiley c (singular definite smileyen, plural indefinite smileyer or smileys)

1. smiley (representation of a smiling face)
2. emoticon, smiley (characters that represent an emotion)

• (emoticon): emotikon

• smiley on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from English smiley.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɑi̯.li/, /ˈsmaːi̯.li/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: smi‧ley

smiley m (plural smileys, diminutive smileytje n)

1. smiley

   Synonyms: emoji, emoticon

Borrowed from English smiley.

• IPA^(key): /smaj.lɛ/

• Audio:

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smiley m (plural smileys)

1. smiley (logo of smiling face)

Unadapted borrowing from English smiley.

smiley m (plural smileys)

1. smiley (simple representation of a smiling face)

Unadapted borrowing from English smiley.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmaj.li/
• Hyphenation: smi‧ley

smiley n (plural smileyuri or smiley-uri)

1. smiley (representation of a smiling face)
2. emoticon, smiley (characters that represent an emotion)

Unadapted borrowing from English smiley.

• IPA^(key): [smajli]
• Hyphenation: smi‧ley

smiley (definite accusative smileyi, plural smileyler)

1. smiley

As the word starts with two consonants, Turkish-speaking people may pronounce it as [simajlej].