Dashing away Emoji
Smileys
A stylized cloud of white vapor or dust trails sweeping to the right, suggesting a sudden, rapid departure or a burst of high-speed movement.
Usage Context
Widely used to signal that someone is leaving a conversation in a hurry, running away from a situation, or moving at breakneck speed. It is frequently employed to emphasize the velocity of actions like 🏃 or to humorously depict someone disappearing into thin air. Because of its visual similarity to exhaust, it is also occasionally used in online slang to joke about flatulence.
History
Originating from Japanese manga conventions where motion lines and dust clouds were used to exaggerate speed, this emoji was integrated into the Unicode standard in 2010 to help text-based communication capture the dynamic energy of comic book-style visuals.
Details
Glyph
💨
Unicode
U+1F4A8
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f4a8:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Smileys
Subcategory emotion
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.