smiley

Related to smiley: Emoticons

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.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

smile

and smiler and smiley
n. a drink of liquor; liquor. Come over and join me for a smiley.

smiley

verb
See smile

Smiley

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
See also:
  • smile
  • smiler
  • same again
  • (the) same again
  • gargle
  • iron poof
  • cod
  • honked
  • honking
References in periodicals archive
"The new 'smiley' signs are more effective than those they replaced because they show the actual speed of approaching cars.
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"The smileys, and most drivers will have seen them, react quickly and give a very simple and straightforward message -- either you're driving within the speed limit or not."
Council spends [pounds sterling]42,000 on 10 light-up smiley faces in bid to reduce speeding; The cost is justifiable because research found that it stops drivers from going over the speed limit, councillors claim
Smiley argues that the prohibitive costs of arbitration render the arbitration clause unconscionable and one-sided.
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And although she still hasn't got 'Smiley' back, Tracey can see the funny side.
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The company said its new Smiley Touch system is a touchscreen tablet terminal that allows customers to "provide more feedback than ever before, and in turn supercharge company decision-making."
NEW 'SMILEY' FEEDBACK TERMINAL UNVEILED
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PBS Urges Tavis Smiley To Ge His Story Straight Amid Investigation
It is a good idea to install these smiley speed monitors on internal streets in residential areas.
Word on the street
Smiley is the hero in most of his novels, and his novels are based on his own experiences of working for British intelligence in 1950s and 1960s.
George Smiley to return in le Carre's 'A Legacy of Spies'
-- Walmart this year brought back its familiar yellow smiley face in advertisements and in-store signage to serve as a reminder of the company's everyday-low prices.
Marketing Icon Evokes Low Prices
Smiley has decided to utilize Snapchat as it offers unique tools that make it easy to disseminate videos, photos, and brief explanations geared towards users who might be considering cosmetic and plastic surgery.
Renowned Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Dr. Tarick Smiley Uses Snapchat (Dr-Smiley) to Educate Patients
Lilly, a company that provides health care information on diseases, medicines and treatment both for patients and doctors, has promoted Joshua Smiley as senior vice president, finance and treasurer, it was reported on Tuesday.
Lilly makes senior vice president, finance and treasurer promotion
First appearing as a smiley face on the Deri mountain, the rest of the letters making up the word "Croeso" were later added by the man dubbed the "Abergavenny Banksy".
Mystery artist carves a welcome in the hillside
Holmes also said he was capping interest on the restitution amount and was not going to levy a fine against Smiley. "It's more important that restitution be paid,'' the judge said.
Smiley gets 97 months, must repay $4.9 million
Golden Age, the third and final volume of Jane Smiley's splendid The Last Hundred Years trilogy, opens during a 1987 family reunion at the Langdon family farm in Iowa.
Golden Age
Gary Smiley, 41, will be on the sex offenders' register for seven years after 55 child abuse images were found on his laptop.
No jail for man over indecent pictures