cellphone

plural cellphones

1. alternativeAlternative form of cell phone.

   Six years later, the Transportation Department advises drivers to avoid cellphones except in emergencies.

   2009 July 23, “The Truth About Cars and Cellphones”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 May 2021

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   Nakasone added that the NSA does not purchase cellphone location data of Americans or location data generated by automotive infotainment systems in the United States.

   2024 January 26, Brian Fung, “The NSA buys Americans’ internet data, newly released documents show”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2025

present singular third person cellphones · participle present cellphoning · participle past cellphoned · past cellphoned

1. ambitransitiveinformalTo make a call to (someone) on a cellphone.

   They stood on line, and slept and ate and cellphoned, all night and into the day.

   2003, Steven Suskin, Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002: A Relevant and Irreverent Record

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   That information —— including estimates that cellphoning drivers caused 955 fatalities and 240,000 accidents in 2002 —— was finally pried loose this week by a freedom of information lawsuit.

   2009 July 23, “The Truth About Cars and Cellphones”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 May 2021