cricket

cricket meaning

A cricket, added in Emoji 11. 0. It represents the insect and its chirping, and above all the figurative use of "crickets" to mean total silence — an awkward absence of response, as when a joke lands badly or nobody answers a question. That usage is now overwhelmingly dominant, especially in American English.

Meaning

A cricket, added in Emoji 11.0. It represents the insect and its chirping, and above all the figurative use of "crickets" to mean total silence — an awkward absence of response, as when a joke lands badly or nobody answers a question. That usage is now overwhelmingly dominant, especially in American English. The insect itself barely gets a look in.

How to use it

• Asked the group a question. Crickets 🦗
• Absolute silence in the chat 🦗
• Chirping all night outside the tent 🦗

How it looks

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Google Noto Color Emoji — SIL OFL 1.1 (font) / Apache 2.0 (code).

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Twemoji by Twitter/X contributors — CC-BY-4.0 (jdecked/twemoji).

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OpenMoji by the HfG Karlsruhe — CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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Blobmoji — Apache-2.0 (derivative of Noto).

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This emoji in other languages

Available in 100 languages

Technical details

Codepoints

U+1F997

Emoji version

5

Shortcodes

:cricket:

Category

Animals & Nature

FAQ

What does the cricket emoji (🦗) mean?

A cricket, added in Emoji 11. 0. It represents the insect and its chirping, and above all the figurative use of "crickets" to mean total silence — an awkward absence of response, as when a joke lands badly or nobody answers a question. That usage is now overwhelmingly dominant, especially in American English.

How do you type the cricket emoji?

Copy the cricket emoji 🦗 directly from this page and paste it anywhere — messages, social media, documents, or code. On mobile, long-press to copy.

What category is the cricket emoji in?

The cricket emoji belongs to the Animals & Nature category.