The speedboat emoji is basically the internet’s “vroom” on water—perfect for bragging about a lake day, hinting at a beach getaway, or flexing that summer energy without saying a word. People drop it when they’re moving fast IRL or metaphorically: racing through tasks, ghosting a group chat, or escaping drama at 60 knots. It pairs beautifully with water drops, wind, and sun emojis for that sunglasses-on, hair-back, “I’m on a Boat” (Lonely Island) vibe. Used ironically, it’s the go-to for painfully slow Wi‑Fi (“me loading this page: 🛥️”) or when someone is “speed-running” chores with zero enthusiasm.
Definition
A boat powered by an engine called a motor boat, ski boat, power boat or speed boat. A speed boats are very fast and can be used to pull people on water skis or wakeboards. Technically though, any boat with a motor on it is a motor boat. Many fishing boats have very small motors on them and do not move all that fast and are not powerful enough to pull a person on water skis.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1352 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:speedboat:
Keywords
Motor, Speed, Ski, Power, Boat
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Transport and Map Symbols
Unicode Range
1F680–1F6FF
Unicode Subcategory
Vehicles
Editorial Comment
A yellow speed boat or ski boat about to win a race. It has a flag on the back! Yay! Go go go! Old iEmoji name: Speed Boat
