Drink Emoji Meanings
Someone sent you a glass and you want to know what they meant. This page gives each drink character three things: its official Unicode name, the object it literally shows, and the tone people generally use it in. No character here has an official meaning.
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Unicode names a picture, not a feeling
Every entry in the standard defines a character and its name. It does not define a sentiment. So
the meanings below are conventions of use, not rules, and they shift by group, region and age. Where
a page tells you a drink emoji has one fixed secret meaning, it is guessing.
| Character | Official Unicode name | What it shows | What people usually mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🍷 | Wine Glass, U+1F377 | A stemmed glass of red wine | Winding down, staying in, an evening that has started. Rarely about wine specifically. |
| 🍺 | Beer Mug, U+1F37A | One handled mug with a foam head | Casual. A suggestion, not a celebration – the difference between one drink and an occasion. |
| 🍻 | Clinking Beer Mugs, U+1F37B | Two mugs meeting | Cheers, well done, agreement. The plural is doing the work: it needs another person. |
| 🍸 | Cocktail Glass, U+1F378 | A V-bowl glass, often with an olive | Going out, dressed up, a night with intent behind it. Also the stand-in for any cocktail, since no martini character exists. |
| 🥂 | Clinking Glasses, U+1F942 | Two champagne flutes touching | A formal toast. Congratulations, new year, a milestone. More ceremonial than the beer mugs. |
| 🥃 | Tumbler Glass, U+1F943 | A short heavy glass of spirit | A serious drink, or a hard day. Reads older and more deliberate than the beer mug. |
| 🍹 | Tropical Drink, U+1F379 | A tall glass with fruit and a straw | Holiday, heat, being off duty. Often nothing to do with the drink at all. |
| 🍾 | Bottle With Popping Cork, U+1F37E | A bottle mid-pop | The news itself. Something just happened, and this is the reaction to it. |
The questions people actually ask
What does the two wine glass emoji mean
There is no two-wine-glasses character. The one people mean is 🥂 Clinking Glasses,
U+1F942, and those are champagne flutes, not wine glasses. It reads as a toast rather than as a
drink with someone. Details at wine glass emoji.
What does the wine glass or beer emoji mean on Snapchat
Nothing special. Snapchat’s friend emoji – the small icons beside a name that change with your
streaks and interactions – are a separate set the app assigns, and no drink character is in it. A
wine glass or beer mug in a snap or chat was chosen by the person who sent it. There is no hidden
system meaning to find.
Does a red wine glass mean something different from white
Unicode has one wine glass and vendors draw it with red wine. There is no white wine character,
which is why people substitute the champagne flutes or write it out. See
white wine emoji.
Honest caveats
- Tone travels badly. The tumbler can read as relaxed or as bleak depending entirely on the
sentence around it, and nothing about the character resolves that. - Screen readers announce the official name. 🍻 is read as “clinking beer mugs”, which
carries none of the congratulation people intend by it. - None of these characters take skin-tone modifiers, so unlike the people emoji there is no
variant form to misread. - Platforms may treat drink characters as alcohol references in moderation or advertising systems
regardless of how you meant them. - Want the character rather than the explanation? Go to martini emoji,
beer mug emoji or cocktail emoji.