Keypoints:
- The emoji 😜, combining a wink and a tongue sticking out, expresses humor, teasing and complicityoften used for lighten the tone from a conversation or emphasize a joke.
- It belongs to the category of smileys and emotions, introduced in Unicode 6.0, and is used to communicate the good humor, excitement or even sarcasm.
- Common uses of 😜 include marking the complicity, emphasizing humor, teasing, or flirtingmaking message interactions more lively and expressive.
There are several types of emoji with a tongue-tied face, suitable for different situations. These include the simple tongue-tied emoji (😛), the one who feasts (😋), the other we call crazy head (🤪), the one with the squinted eyes (😝), among others.
Used by many, each emoji has its own meaning.
Here, we're going to tell you about the one that winks (😜) and sticks out its tongue: what does it mean, what are its characteristics and when to use it in your posts and comments?
😜: Meaning of the smiley face sticking out its tongue and winking
The emoji that winks, with an open mouth and tongue sticking out, is a combination of the winking face emoji😉 and the tongue-out face emoji 😛.
However, the open eye on this emoji is exaggeratedly enlargedwhich makes it look silly and goofy. So what does it mean?

In a nutshell, the smiley face winking and sticking out its tongue 😜 means:
- Humor ;
- teasing;
- Joke;
- madness;
- Delirium;
- Excitement ;
- Complicity;
The characteristics of the smiley 😜
This is one of the emojis that is commonly used to joking, but also to express the joy, the good mood, but also in the context of certain provocations or sarcasm.
Its characteristics are summarized in this table:
Its characteristics are summarized in this table:
| Version | 1.0 (2015-06-09) |
| Usual name | Face that sticks out its tongue and winks |
| Category | Smilies and Emotions |
| Sub-category | face-tongue |
| Apple designation | Face sticking out tongue and winking |
| code point | U+1F61C |
| Decimal | ALT+128540 |
| unicode | 6.0 (2010-10-11) |
| Key words | Wink-tongue-eye-face |
| Other names |
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How do you use the smiley 😜 in your messages?
Emojis have become a universal language throughout the world, whether in France, the United States, Germany, etc., and have become indispensable for expressing our feelings.
There are 4 main uses for the smiley face that sticks out its tongue and winks in your conversations:
To mark the complicity
- The use of the 😜 emoji adds to your chat on Whatsappon Messenger, on TikTok, or on any other network a complicity note remarkable.
- It also provides a touch of connivance to a conversation to return to the terrain of derision if it gets a little too serious.
Here are some examples of sentences where the tongue-out face emoticon can convey a sense of camaraderie:
- "Just kidding!!! 😜 ".
- "But we still had a great day regardless 😜".
- "We did good 😜."
To underline such humor
In everyday life, when we want to emphasize our sense of humor, we give a little wink. With a joke that's a bit far-fetched, we give a little wink by sticking out our tongue. That's exactly the expression conveyed by this emoji. Use it when you're sending a message to your friend to let them know that you're in a joking mood by writing something like:
- "What if we bought a lottery ticket? I have a feeling we're going to hit the jackpot tonight! 😜 ".
- "Have you noticed, too, that the weather is just against us every weekend? 😜😂😭 "

To tease
You can also use it next to a sentence intended to provoke the person to replace the expression "I'm joking" or "I'm teasing".
For example, you can tell her, "I don't want to go with you 😜".
- "Look at your face, you look like SpongeBob 😜."
- "Are you crazy or what? 😜"
To flirt
This emoji also features a mini face naughtycute for flirting and lets you send a little flirtatious message. For example, you can ask about someone's schedule in a less serious way: "What are you doing tonight?😜 ?". You can then combine this with other emojis such as theemoji face blowing a kiss 😘…
Possible combinations with this emoji
We love emojis in messages. I don't know about you, but I think they bring content to life and make conversations less robotic!
We have compiled a few combinations of the face emoji sticking out its tongue and winking with other emojis:
- 🍭: It's his birthday tomorrow, don't forget the candy 🍭😜!
- 😝: I didn't know you knew how to cook too 😜😝
- 🙃: How about we tell each other our little secrets 🙃😜?!
- 🥳: He arrived with lots of puppies, can you imagine how happy I was 🥳😜?!
- 💃: Tonight, we're going to dance💃😜
- 😂: But how can we be so funny and handsome 😂😜
- 👻: Her Halloween costume was still scary 😜👻..
- 🤪: It's crazy how much I miss you 😜🤪!
Now you know how to use the 😜 smiley! You can decipher these different meanings in comments or messages. With the release of new updates, new emojis have appeared. Feel free to refer to our articles to discover other emoji meanings, such as theemoji 🤗 or even theemoji 🤩 !







I often use the 😜 emoji without really knowing its exact meaning, but your article has helped me, thank you.
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