What does 🎳 Bowling mean?
A bowling ball crashing into a set of white pins. It is used for nights at the bowling alley, birthday parties, league games and celebrating strikes. Thanks to that image it also works as a metaphor for knocking things down in one go or getting something exactly right. It tends to suggest casual, social fun – shoes, pizza, loud music – rather than serious sport.
🎳 Bowling is an emoji from the Activities category (sports equipment), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about ball, game, sport and strike.
Example messages
🎳 Bowling on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Bowling looks on each platform.
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Bowling emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Bowling emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🎳 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :bowling:.
When was the Bowling emoji added?
🎳 Bowling was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🎳 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Bowling. The underlying code (U+1F3B3) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.