U+26FD · emoji since 2010
The fuel pump means gas stations, road trips, and topping up the tank. It marks driving, pit stops, and the open road ahead.
Figuratively it is your own energy gauge, the running joke of needing to refuel after a long, draining day.
In texting, ⛽️ does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and ⛽️ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Fuel Pump emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the fuel pump emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The ⛽️ leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.