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⏰ Alarm Clock emoji

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What does ⏰ Alarm Clock emoji mean?

The alarm clock emoji depicts an old fashioned alarm clock, sitting on two short legs with two clangers (yup, that’s a technical term) perched on top.

It’s used in posts of all kinds that relate to time, from sports to the change of the seasons.

Where does ⏰ Alarm Clock emoji come from?

The alarm clock emoji was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Most versions show a pretty old-school alarm clock, analog and everything. This was pre-phone alarm y’all.

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Examples of ⏰ Alarm Clock emoji

Let the countdown begin ⏰ 😋
@XEmma04, October, 2018
Helping You Grow With Your Garden Save 💦 ⏰ 💰
@BIGGreenFarmers, October, 2018
Good night✨🌚⏰✨🙏🌠🌃⛺🎠
@Palm94609467, October, 2018

Who uses ⏰ Alarm Clock emoji?

Much like the stopwatch emoji, the alarm clock emoji is used in a number of ways to refer to time, clocks, watches, waiting, and even, apparently, publications with the word times in their title.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BphTHeklYRm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/p/BphT0T1nCvM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

It’s used in meaningful posts about our time on this orb …

https://www.instagram.com/p/BpgJlrNhUfR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

… and in posts about very important things like … coffee time!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpe6ckHlzEe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link


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