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Plunger emoji 🪠

🪠 is the plunger: a red rubber cup on a wooden handle. It means blocked drains and plumbing — toilet emergencies, plumbers, “unclogging” anything from pipes to a…

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What the plunger 🪠 emoji means

🪠 is the plunger: a red rubber cup on a wooden handle. It means blocked drains and plumbing — toilet emergencies, plumbers, “unclogging” anything from pipes to a backlog — and bathroom humour. Added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Bathroom set: 🚽 toilet, 🧻 roll of paper, 💩 pile of poo; the trades 🔧 wrench, 🧹 broom.

Unicode name: plunger · U+1FAA0 · Emoji 13.0 (2020) · group: Objects.

IN A MESSAGElandlord says the plumber is coming Tuesday 🪠 it is Thursday

How people use it

  • Plumbing: blocked toilets, drains
  • Unclogging: backlogs, inboxes
  • Plumbers: trades, Mario jokes
  • Bathroom humour: with 💩

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
plungerU+1FAA0Plunger
toiletU+1F6BDToilet
roll of paperU+1F9FBToilet paper
wrenchU+1F527Plumbing
broomU+1F9F9Cleaning

Questions people ask

What does 🪠 mean?

A plunger — plumbing, blocked toilets, unclogging.

When was 🪠 added?

2020, Emoji 13.0.

Is there a plumber emoji?

No; 🪠 with 🔧 is used.

About this guide

Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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