adj
Meaning 1
Cheerful and happy; smiling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- have a smiley demeanor
- a very smiley girl
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
smiley
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈsmaɪli/
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rhymes with -aɪli
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US: /ˈsmaɪli/
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CMU ARPABET: S M AY1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having one's throat slit from side to side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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name
Meaning 3
A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, perhaps originally a byname for a happy, smiling person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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name
Meaning 4
A placename.
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A placename.
A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States, named for William C. Smiley.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
A placename.
A city in Gonzales County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 7
A placename.
An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A simplified representation of a smiling face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: smiley face
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A sequence of text characters used to represent a mood, especially :) or :-) or other depictions of smiling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Examples
- How do you type the angry smiley?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emoticon
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 11
A roasted sheep's head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
Meaning 12
A piercing worn in the upper frenulum (upper lip).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 13
Synonym of Samoyed (a breed of dog)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Samoyed
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
an emoticon of a smiling face
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emoticon
History
Etymology
From smile + -y (adjectival suffix). The noun is from the adjective, after smiley face.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: усмихнат (usmihnat) — cheerful and happy
- Greek: χαμογελαστός (chamogelastós) — cheerful and happy
- Hungarian: mosolygós — cheerful and happy
- Spanish: sonriente — cheerful and happy
- Armenian: ժպիտիկ (žpitik) — representation of a smiling face
- Belarusian: сма́йлік (smájlik) — representation of a smiling face
- Belarusian: смайл (smajl) — representation of a smiling face
- Chinese Mandarin: 笑臉 /笑脸 (xiàoliǎn) — representation of a smiling face
- Czech: smajlík — representation of a smiling face
- Danish: smiley — representation of a smiling face
- Dutch: smiley — representation of a smiling face
- Esperanto: ridetulo — representation of a smiling face
- Estonian: smaili — representation of a smiling face
- Finnish: hymiö — representation of a smiling face
- Finnish: hymynaama — representation of a smiling face
- French: émoticône — representation of a smiling face
- French: smiley — representation of a smiling face
- German: Emoticon — representation of a smiling face
- German: Smiley — representation of a smiling face
- Hungarian: mosoly — representation of a smiling face
- Hungarian: smiley — representation of a smiling face
- Japanese: スマイリー (sumairī) — representation of a smiling face
- Korean: 스마일리 (seumailli) — representation of a smiling face
- Macedonian: смешко (smeško) — representation of a smiling face
- Macedonian: смајли (smajli) — representation of a smiling face
- Polish: buźka — representation of a smiling face
- Portuguese: smiley — representation of a smiling face
- Romanian: smiley — representation of a smiling face
- Romanian: față zâmbitoare — representation of a smiling face
- Romanian: zâmbilici — representation of a smiling face
- Russian: сма́йлик (smájlik) — representation of a smiling face
- Russian: смайл (smajl) — representation of a smiling face
- Serbo-Croatian: сме̏шко — representation of a smiling face
- Serbo-Croatian: смје̏шко — representation of a smiling face
- Serbo-Croatian: смајли — representation of a smiling face
- Serbo-Croatian: smȅško — representation of a smiling face
- Serbo-Croatian: smjȅško — representation of a smiling face
- Serbo-Croatian: smajli — representation of a smiling face
- Slovene: smeško — representation of a smiling face
- Spanish: emoticono — representation of a smiling face
- Swedish: smiley — representation of a smiling face
- Thai: สไมลีย์ — representation of a smiling face
- Turkish: smiley — representation of a smiling face
- Turkish: gülen surat — representation of a smiling face
- Ukrainian: сма́йлик (smájlyk) — representation of a smiling face
- Ukrainian: смайл (smajl) — representation of a smiling face
- Finnish: kestohymy — slit throat
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