SMILEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smiley mean? 

• SMILEY (noun)
  The noun SMILEY has 1 sense:

1. an emoticon of a smiling face

  Familiarity information: SMILEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMILEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An emoticon of a smiling face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("smiley" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

A pain measurement tool that uses drawn representations of cartoon faces (of the "smiley face" variety) that rage from frowning and grimacing to smiling heartily.

(Facial Affective Scale, NCI Thesaurus)