Water pistol Emoji

Activities

A bright green and orange toy water gun depicted in a side-profile view. It is designed to spray jets of water rather than fire real ammunition, making it a playful alternative to traditional weaponry.

Usage Context

Used to denote playfulness, summer activities, or to soften the tone of aggressive statements. It is frequently sent in response to confrontational messages to imply a joke or a lighthearted 'dunk' on the recipient, often paired with the 💦 or 😂 emojis.

History

Originally rendered as a realistic revolver in early Unicode sets, the design was changed by major tech platforms around 2016-2018 to resemble a toy. This shift was a response to public debates regarding online communication and gun violence, leading the industry to adopt the safer squirt gun graphic to avoid misinterpretation.

Details

Glyph

🔫

Unicode

U+1F52B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f52b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD2B;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Activities

Subcategory game

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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