What does 🥒 Cucumber mean?
A long green cucumber. It is used for salads, tzatziki, cucumber water, spa days and the famous cucumber slices over the eyes. “Cool as a cucumber” makes it a fun way to say someone stayed calm under pressure. For years it also stood in for pickles, although Emoji 18.0 adds a dedicated pickle . Its shape occasionally gives it a suggestive meaning as well.
🥒 Cucumber is an emoji from the Food & Drink category (vegetables), added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about food, pickle and vegetable.
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🥒 Cucumber on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Cucumber looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Cucumber 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 :cucumber:.
When was the Cucumber emoji added?
🥒 Cucumber was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. 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 Cucumber. The underlying code (U+1F952) 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.