emote
Americanverb (used without object)
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to show or pretend emotion.
to emote over the beauties of nature.
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to portray emotion in acting, especially exaggeratedly or ineptly; behave theatrically.
The actress emoted for all she was worth.
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Digital Technology. (in an online chat or video game) to give a conventionalized descriptive account of an action or emotion or prompt one’s in-game avatar to perform an animated action or emotion using a command or code.
To emote, type a forward slash and one of the commands from the list in chat.
noun
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(in an online chat or video game) a typed command or code that is translated into a descriptive account of an action or emotion, or that causes one’s in-game avatar to perform an action or emotion.
Standard emotes in online video games allow you to cheer, greet, and thank other characters.
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(in a video game) the animation that is performed when such a code is entered.
The first thing I do in a new game is check out my character’s dance emote.
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(in an online chat) a posted image, especially on the Twitch streaming video channel, that has a fixed but nontransparent meaning in the video gaming community.
Classic emotes feature popular streamers making faces.
verb
Other Word Forms
- emoter noun
- overemote verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of emote
An Americanism first recorded in 1915–20; back formation from emotion
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
How do you think the athletic nature of a big arena show will impact your ability to emote?
From Los Angeles Times
The incomparable star is a vision in studded white or powder-blue jumpsuits—cavorting, emoting, karate-chopping and spreading the bat wings of his sewn-on cape in a move that never fails to thrill the audience.
You can watch a good actor, and they can really make you emote, right, because there’s an instant accessibility.
From Salon
So I needed Wagner’s command of the screen, how the camera loves him, to see him thinking and emoting not in an overt way.
From Los Angeles Times
Songs like “No Good Deed” and “March of the Witch Hunters” are chopped up and rearranged to allow for more dialogue and less emoting, distending the film into a bloated heap.
From Salon
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