emotes

Verb

emote (third-person singular simple present emotes, present participle emoting, simple past and past participle emoted)

1. (transitive) To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner.
   • In the Latin category, dancers begin the round in carnival mode, bouncing and curving voltas traveling down the length of the floor, emoting happy celebration in a Brazilianesque samba.2017, Laurie Frederik, “Painting the Body Brown and Other Lessons on How to Dance Latin”, in Laurie Frederik, Kim Marra, Catherine Schuler, Showing Off, Showing Up: Studies of Hype, Heightened...
2. (transitive) To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so.
3. (intransitive) To display (excessive) emotion, especially while acting.
   • She doesn't smile much; she doesn't emote. Shannen is still.1993 November, Lynn Hirschberg, “Brat on a Hot Tin Roof”, in Vanity Fair

   Synonyms:

   emotionalize

4. (Internet, intransitive) To express a virtual action, presented to other users as a graphic or reported speech, rather than sending a straightforward message.
5. (intransitive) To perform a short action, such as a gesture or a dance move, which may be seen by other players but does not have any effect on gameplay.
   • There aren't many chances to see your character in Borderlands 3, but one of them is when you're emoting. Emoting allows your character to perform a gesture like a wave or a thumbs up, and it shifts the camera to a third-person view while they do.2019 September 17, Austen Goslin, “Borderlands 3 guide: How to use emotes”, in Polygon, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023

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