What does 🧤 Gloves mean?
A pair of warm winter gloves. It is used for cold weather, snow, skiing and frosty walks, and as a reminder to wrap up before going out. People also use it for gardening, cleaning and protective gloves. It suits the phrase “the gloves are off”, meaning things are getting serious, though 🥊 is the stronger fighting emoji.
🧤 Gloves is an emoji from the Objects category (clothing & accessories), added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.
Example messages
🧤 Gloves on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Gloves looks on each platform.
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Gloves emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Gloves 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 :gloves:.
When was the Gloves emoji added?
🧤 Gloves was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017. 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 Gloves. The underlying code (U+1F9E4) 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.