Plunger Emoji

Objects

A bright red suction cup attached to a wooden or plastic handle. It depicts the classic household tool used to clear clogged drains and pipes through manual air pressure.

Usage Context

Frequently used to jokingly refer to plumbing disasters, messy situations, or the act of 'sucking up' to someone. It is often paired with the 💩 or 🚽 emojis to provide visual clarity when discussing bathroom-related mishaps or home maintenance tasks.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0, this icon was requested to help users better describe home repair work and bathroom scenarios that were previously difficult to articulate using only standard text or existing household icons.

Details

Glyph

🪠

Unicode

U+1FAA0

Shortcode

:emoji_u1faa0:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEA0;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory household

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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