cell-phone

plural cell-phones

1. alternativeAlternative form of cell phone.

present singular third person cell-phones · participle present cell-phoning · participle past cell-phoned · past cell-phoned

1. alternativeAlternative form of cellphone.

   Personally, I almost always use a hands-free device when cell-phoning in my car.

   2002 February 17, James Ricci, “A Call for Hands-Free Cell-Phone Use”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2026

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   After a long day of shopping, cell-phoning and dieting, a svelte young lady of fashion likes nothing better than to sit down in front of a big plate of: (a) chopped endive, (b) steamed tofu, (c) greasy french fries.

   1998 December 13, Elizabeth Angell, “Pulse: French-Fry Fever”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2025

   People just don’t yearn with such literary fervor anymore. They’re too busy cell-phoning their agents.

   2003 October 19, Charles McGrath, “Film: Authors of Their Own Demise; Gwyneth’s Degree in Plathology”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2009

   “If you’re driving while cell-phoning, then your performance is going to be as poor as if you were legally drunk,” David Meyer, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, told NPR.

   2008 November 19, Tara Parker-Pope, “Multitasking in the Car”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2008