emote
verb (used without object)
to show or pretend emotion.
emotes
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present tense formof emote (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She emotes, she has a developed backstory, and she delivers some of the film’s most compelling dialogue with confident gusto.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025
Other Lady Gaga-inspired “Fortnite” accessories include a guitar, a microphone and a keytar, and dancing emotes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
There are also unlockable emotes to equip that can add more personality to your character.
From The Verge ● Aug. 24, 2022
When she described how she emotes, she kept likening herself to a prehistoric man, standing at the edge of an ocean, slowly gaining sentience: “ ‘Who the hell am I?’” she said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
Twitch and other platforms have even gone so far as to remove certain emotes because people were using them to communicate certain words.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
