"smiley face" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smiley faces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smiley face (plural smiley faces)
  1. A smiley, a simplified drawing of a smiling face, using two dots for the eyes and an arc for the mouth.
    Sense id: en-smiley_face-en-noun-rVtPZRzc
  2. (rare, Internet) A smiley, a sequence of text characters used to represent a happy mood, e.g. :) or :-). Tags: Internet, rare Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-smiley_face-en-noun-3jDHjloX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86

Inflected forms

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