⛽

Fuel Pump Emoji ⛽

Nozzle and hose included, the gas station pump covers the mundane errand of keeping a car running at all. It's used for filling up and running low on gas, and stretches easily to running low on energy — 'need to refuel' works just as well for a tank as it does for a tired person.

What ⛽ means

A red rectangular fuel storage unit with a 'waterdrop' symbol on it, connected to the main valve that has a fuel pipe that facilitates the passage of fuel from the pump to the vehicle.

The ⛽ Fuel Pump emoji represents a petrol bunk/fuel station/gas station. It signifies a refill source, the essential stitch in time, and a life savior for fuel-powered vehicular movement.

How and when to use it

Fuel can have more meanings than just one. It's anything that gets one going. So, while referring to your fuel and the place you could refill with it, you can use ⛽. Like, coffee; coffee shop, or kettle.
An example of the previous point would be "I couldn't get this morning started even if I wanted to without a refill ⛽I'm at the coffee shop, wanna join?"
If you're texting someone to fill fuel in your vehicle that they borrowed, you can use ⛽. For example, "Hey. After the last time you took my baby out, there wasn't even a wisp of fuel. Please refill it when you drink all of it down ⛽".
If you're sharing something uncanny of a fuel station, you can use ⛽. It can be an ungodly queue at the gas station, a protest near a petrol bunk, etc.

Other Names

⛽ Fuel Station
⛽ Gas Pump
⛽ Petrol Pump
⛽ Fuel Dispenser
⛽ Petrol Bunk
⛽ Petrol Station
⛽ Gas Station
⛽ Self-Help Fuel Station

The lowdown

Category: Travel & Places › transport-ground
Codepoints: U+26FD
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :fuelpump::fuel_pump: Discord
Keywords: diesel, fuel, fuelpump, gas, gasoline, pump, station

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.