Emoji dictionary
💤 Sleeping Symbol emoji
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What does 💤 Sleeping Symbol emoji mean?
The Sleeping Symbol emoji 💤 depicts three, generally blue Z’s increasing in size as they rise to the right. It is variously used to represent sleeping, dreaming, snoring, tiredness, exhaustion, or boredom.
Where does 💤 Sleeping Symbol emoji come from?
Sleeping Symbol emoji 💤 , popularly called the Zzz emoji, was added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010. On most major platforms, the Z‘s in the emoji are blue or light blue, although Facebook’s design is purple.
The emoji represents ZZZ or zzz, used to represent sleeping and the sound of snoring. The onomatopoeia of three Z‘s have been used as a visual convention for sleeping in comics and animations since at least the mid-20th century. What is the connection between Henry David Thoreau and ZZZ? Discover the answer in our Vocab Builder on ZZZ.
The Sleeping Symbol emoji 💤 emoji sees especial use on the unofficial holiday of National Lazy Day—which, while we wish it were every morning, falls on August 10
Lions can sleep for up to twenty hours a day 💤💤 It seems fitting that today is both #WorldLionDay and #NationalLazyDay! 🦁 #FridayMotivation pic.twitter.com/moB054bVGf
— ZSL London Zoo (@zsllondonzoo) August 10, 2018
Examples of 💤 Sleeping Symbol emoji
Who uses 💤 Sleeping Symbol emoji?
The Sleeping Symbol emoji 💤 is often used to convey tiredness or exhaustion and signal one is going to bed. It is used very similarly—if not identically—to the Sleeping Face emoji 😴.
People also love to use the Sleeping Symbol emoji 💤 in pictures of sleeping babies and animals.
Very busy today 💤 💤 💤 pic.twitter.com/nhlDE65HOt
— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) August 23, 2018
We also like to say dreadfully uninteresting things or dull people put us to sleep—they are real snoozefest. In this way, the Sleeping Symbol emoji 💤 can signal boredom or tedium.
99% of the people I talk to are sooo fake..💤
— Niah (@laniahmichelle) November 30, 2015
Note
This is not meant to be a formal definition of 💤 Sleeping Symbol emoji like most terms we define on Dictionary.com, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of 💤 Sleeping Symbol emoji that will help our users expand their word mastery.