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Cricket

Unicode U+1F997 · Emoji 5.0

U+1F997

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A green or brown cricket with long hind legs for jumping and long antennae. It represents the insect known for chirping on warm evenings.

In English, crickets means awkward silence, so 🦗 is the classic reply when nobody answers a joke or a question; it also fits summer nights. Example: “Asked who wants to clean the kitchen and got 🦗🦗🦗”.

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