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🦃 turkey Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste
Quick info
- Unicode
- U+1F983
- Shortcode
:turkey:- Category
- Animals & Nature
- Subcategory
- birds
- Added in
- Unicode 1.0
- Also known as
- thanksgiving bird, gobble, tom turkey
What Does the turkey Emoji 🦃 Mean?
Plump body, fanned tail, snood dangling — the turkey emoji shows the bird in all its Thanksgiving glory. From Unicode 8.0, it's a peak November emoji used constantly in Thanksgiving posts, holiday menu plans, Black Friday content, and the whole American autumn holiday season. Outside of Thanksgiving, it shows up in references to Türkiye (the country, which officially changed its English name from Turkey in 2022), bowling jokes (three strikes in a row is a 'turkey'), and as a playful insult ('what a turkey').
The design varies slightly across platforms but always reads as that festive holiday bird. Pair with pie, leaves, or family for full Thanksgiving energy. Friendsgiving content, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade references, and presidential turkey pardons all bring it back every November.
The 'turkey trot' Thanksgiving morning run has its own emoji rotation too. The Turkish government's name change from Turkey to Türkiye in 2022 added an unexpected layer of news relevance to this emoji's interpretation.
How to Use 🦃 turkey Emoji
“Thanksgiving prep starts now 🦃”
“Bowled a 🦃 (three strikes!) tonight”
Technical Details
| Unicode | U+1F983 |
| HTML Entity | 🦃 |
| CSS Code | \1F983 |
| Shortcode | :turkey: |
| Keywords | bird, gobble, thanksgiving, turkey |
| Unicode Version | 1.0 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What does 🦃 mean?
It's the turkey emoji — used for Thanksgiving, fall holidays, or bowling strikes.
