smiley face
noun
: a line drawing of a smiling face
Example Sentences
He ended his e-mail with a smiley face. The teacher drew a smiley face on the student's homework.
Recent Examples on the Web The post also included a picture of Penelope with her birthday cake decorated with a smiley face and rainbow sprinkles. 
Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2022 During past legal proceedings for Chinese human rights lawyers, foreign journalists and diplomats who gather outside the courthouse have occasionally been shoved by unidentified individuals wearing identical yellow smiley face badges. Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post, 11 July 2022 The boy continued to insist on a smiley face, so Ruiz agreed. Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022 While the beige shade may not be the most vibrant, the smiley face design on this cozy blanket makes up for it. Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2022 So is the grove’s largest inhabitant, on which the paint has been applied in a smiley face. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2022 In photos of the event, Crimo, wearing bright red pants and a sweatshirt with a smiley face, can be seen standing near a crowd holding pro-Trump flags, as police officers monitor the gathering. Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 6 July 2022 These settings live in the account tab that looks like a smiley face in the bottom right corner of the app. Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 24 May 2022 To Cambridge partisans, Markle was a wrecking ball masquerading as a smiley face emoji, impatient to bend one of history’s fustiest institutions to her iron will. Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022 See More
Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2022 During past legal proceedings for Chinese human rights lawyers, foreign journalists and diplomats who gather outside the courthouse have occasionally been shoved by unidentified individuals wearing identical yellow smiley face badges. Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post, 11 July 2022 The boy continued to insist on a smiley face, so Ruiz agreed. Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022 While the beige shade may not be the most vibrant, the smiley face design on this cozy blanket makes up for it. Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2022 So is the grove’s largest inhabitant, on which the paint has been applied in a smiley face. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2022 In photos of the event, Crimo, wearing bright red pants and a sweatshirt with a smiley face, can be seen standing near a crowd holding pro-Trump flags, as police officers monitor the gathering. Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 6 July 2022 These settings live in the account tab that looks like a smiley face in the bottom right corner of the app. Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 24 May 2022 To Cambridge partisans, Markle was a wrecking ball masquerading as a smiley face emoji, impatient to bend one of history’s fustiest institutions to her iron will. Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1957, in the meaning defined above