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What ⛸️ means
A right-facing footgear with a white ankle-length shoe, designed with black lace, a black heel that is further welded with a thin metallic blade that helps smooth movement on ice.
The ⛸️ Ice Skate emoji signifies the art of ice skating, which can be performed in many genres such as sports, choreography, gymnastics, etc. This emoji could have a few metaphorical inferences to ice too.
How and when to use it
- If you're telling someone about how someone else or the person you're texting is 'walking on thin ice', or if you're sharing a social media story/repost with a similar message, you can use ⛸️ in those contexts.
- Examples of the previous point would be: "Oh hahaha. Chill bro, you're walking on thin ice ⛸️" or "Congratulations! Our environment is on thin ice⛸️ Thanks to us!".
- ⛸️ can also be used to express the act of 'gliding'. For instance, "How about I glide to your place and grab your keys? ⛸️".
- If you're posting a social media story or post of the ice day you've been so eager for, you can use ⛸️ - "Finally! I can bunk school and not be guilty about it! Thanks, have an ice day ⛸️".
- Use ⛸️ while sharing pictures and/or videos of yourself ice skating, that of someone close to you, or even a repost of an incredible skating video!
Other Names
- ⛸️ Ice Skating
- ⛸️ Ice Skates
- ⛸️ Ice Skating Dance
- ⛸️ Ice Skating Shoes
- ⛸️ Shoe With Blade
The lowdown
- Category
- Activities › sport
- Codepoints
U+26F8 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7
- Shortcodes
:ice_skate:GitHub- Keywords
- ice, skate, skating
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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — ⛸️ Ice Skate or 👨 Man?
Runs with a crowd
⛸️ keeps company in sports emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.