smiley

Meanings

Adjective

• Cheerful and happy; smiling.
• Having one's throat slit from side to side.

Noun

• A simplified representation of a smiling face.
• A sequence of keyboard characters used to represent a happy mood, especially or or other depiction of smiling.
• An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end.
• A roasted sheep's head.
• The type of piercing of the upper frenulum (upper lip).

Related

Similar words

• smiley face
• emoticon

Origin

• Diminutive of smile.