turkey Emoji
🦃 · U+1F983 · Emoji 1.0
What does the turkey emoji mean?
Thanksgiving celebrations often feature the 🦃 emoji to represent the traditional holiday meal, and it is also used figuratively to express gratitude or to symbolize something considered silly or foolish, such as a person acting like a turkey. Literally, the 🦃 emoji represents a turkey, a large bird native to North America, known for its distinctive call and plumage. In slang, the 🦃 emoji can be used to refer to someone who is considered gullible or foolish.
turkey emoji examples
- Just stuffed myself with turkey and mashed potatoes 🦃
- You're such a turkey for forgetting my birthday 🦃
How to copy the turkey emoji
To use the turkey emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F983), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
turkey emoji on different platforms
How the turkey emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.
turkey Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🦃 |
| Name | turkey |
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Codepoints | U+1F983 |
| Shortcode | :turkey: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 1.0 (2015) |
turkey Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F983, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :turkey:.
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