smile
obsolete slang A serving of liquor, especially whiskey. Primarily heard in US. What'll you have to drink, Tom? How about a little smile? The cowboy sauntered up to the counter and told the barkeep he would take a smile.
smiley
1. adjective Having or tending to have a large, happy grin. You've gotten very smiley all of a sudden. Find out some good news? You were always such a smiley baby, whereas your brother did nothing but cry and scream.
2. noun A term of address for someone who is smiling broadly or happily. Hey, smiley, you need to have a neutral expression for your passport photo. Hey there, smiley! What's got you in such a good mood?
3. noun An emoji or emoticon of a smiling face; a smiley face. :-) My boyfriend's text messages are usually full of exclamation points and smileys, but they've suddenly become very serious and terse. I hope everything is all right. I would really discourage putting a smiley in a professional email, Jake.
smiley face
1. A visual representation of face with a smile on it. The kids love it when you use whipped cream to draw a smiley face on their pancakes.
2. Such a representation specifically in the form of an emoticon or an emoji. :-) A: "Did he send you a winky face or a smiley face?" B: "Just a smiley face." A: "Hmm, that seems more friend zone than flirty to me." Hey, text her a smiley face now so she knows we're just kidding.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
smile
and smiler and smiley n. a drink of liquor; liquor. Come over and join me for a smiley.
smiley
verbSmiley
1. n. a circular, smiling yellow face. (The face appears in many forms: stick-on labels, pin-on buttons, hand-drawn, etc. It is possible to re-create the smiling face on any keyboard through the use of the punctuation symbols, as with :) or :-). All computer Smileys and their variants appear sideways. A major variant is the Unsmiley, which is basically :( or :-(. The following faces are a sample of the variants that can be seen in computer forum or news group messages and informal typewritten or word processed notes. This type of symbol is called an emoticon because it is intended to show emotion in what is otherwise a rather cold medium of communication. The typical use is to show that the writer is just joking or writing in good, well-intentioned spirits. Recently, more complex graphics have allowed actual smiley face versions of many of these variants to be inserted into the text. The following Smileys are separated by slashes, and an equal sign separates the actual Smiley from its explanation.) :-] = Squarejaw Smiley / :-o = Singing Smiley; Shocked Smiley; Surprised Smiley / :-( = Sad Smiley / :-) = Happy Smiley / : -=) = Smiley with a Big Mustache / :-)’ = Drooling Smiley; Smoking Smiley / :-)8 = Smiley Wearing a Bow Tie / :-D = Big-mouth Smiley / :-# = Smiley with Sealed Lips / :-* = Pursed-lips Smiley; Shocked Smiley / :-s = Twisted-mouth Smiley (after hearing or saying something strange) / :-“ = Smiley with Walrus Mustache / :-| = Smiley Making Dull Response; “Have-a-dull-day” Smiley / :-> = Wry-faced Smiley / :-0 = Loudmouth Smiley; Big-mouth Smiley / :-x = Sealed-lips Smiley / :-Q = Smoking Smiley; Drooling Smiley / :> = Midget Smiley / ;-) = Winking Smiley / (-) = Smiley Needing a Haircut / “:-) Smiley with its Hair Parted in the Middle / +:-) Smiley Priest / *-( = Smiley Cyclops, Poked in the Eye / *:o) Bozo Smiley / <:I = Dunce Smiley / @-) = Cyclops Smiley / @:I = Smiley Wearing a Turban / |-) = Gleeful Smiley / |-| = Sleeping Smiley; Bored Smiley / 0-) = Smiley Wearing a Scuba Mask / 8-) = Smiley in Glasses / 8:-) A Smiley with Glasses on its Forehead / B-) = Smiley Wearing Horn-rim Glasses / o-) = Cyclops Smiley / [:-) = Smiley Happily Listening to a Walkman / [:|] = Robot Smiley; Squarejaw Smiley Listening to a Walkman.
2. Go to smile.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.