smiley

A simple picture of a smiling face, often used to show happiness.

• She drew a smiley on the card.
• The teacher gave us smiley stickers.
• Tap the yellow smiley to show you liked the message.

Similar words: smiley face

Common phrases: a yellow smiley, smiley face, smiley sticker

A face made from typed symbols, used in messages to show a feeling.

• He typed a smiley after his joke.
• A colon and a bracket can make a smiley.
• Her emails often end with smileys.

Similar words: emoticon

Common phrases: type a smiley, text smiley, add a smiley

A sheep's head cooked by roasting, served as food in parts of southern Africa.

• They shared a smiley for lunch.
• The stall sells freshly roasted smileys.
• She showed me how to prepare a smiley over the fire.

Common phrases: roasted smiley, eat a smiley, cook a smiley

A piece of jewellery through the small fold of skin connecting the upper lip to the gum.

• She got a smiley last week.
• His smiley shows when he laughs.
• The dentist warned that her smiley could damage her gums.

Similar words: frenulum piercing

Common phrases: smiley piercing, get a smiley, a gold smiley

Looking happy and smiling a lot.

• She's a smiley baby.
• The staff were friendly and smiley.
• You look very smiley this morning.

Similar words: cheerful, smiling, happy

Opposites: gloomy, frowning

Common phrases: a smiley face, a smiley baby, happy and smiley

Having a throat that has been cut across from one side to the other.

• The report called the victim smiley.
• In the crime novel, a smiley corpse lay beside the road.
• The detective explained that smiley meant the throat had been slit.

Common phrases: a smiley victim, a smiley corpse