Meanings
cellphoned1
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of cell-phoned.
Now cellphoned tourists, constantly alerted, chase relaxation in the Baltic sun.
2016 July 7, Michel Faber, “Since You Last Visited Sopot”, in Undying: A Love Story, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, →ISBN4 more examples
I collected my bags and joined the crowd that pushed its way through the exit, a narrow, sinuous valley of speed-walking laptopped and cellphoned executives.
2004, Swati Kaushal, chapter 18, in Piece of Cake, New Delhi: Penguin Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 137“Why do I shop for produce here?” I asked myself, as I do every time I find myself fighting for cart space with cellphoned students.
2006 July 24, Courtney Jane Kendrick, “She Wore Lemon”, in Enjoy It! Greatest Hits from the Blog of Courtney Jane Kendrick, volume 1 (2005–2008), [Provo, Ut.], published 2008, →ISBN, page 72With their rowdy 24/7 lagered clientele, undraped beer-bellies lobstering in the sun, gobbing at the stationary traffic four feet from the table they are waiting to throw at the Man U chara-convoy which cellphoned pickets have told them is just coming off the M1?
2007, Alan Coren, “Beyond Our Ken”, in 69 for 1, London: JR Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 5Outside, the suited and cellphoned elite and the insufferably gorgeous businesswomen in tight tube skirts and stiletto heels drifted by in a rushed cloud.
2016 May 4, Grant Patterson, “Alameda Santos, São Paulo”, in Southern Cross (A Will Bryant Thriller), Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 81
cellphoned2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of cellphone
Origin
cellphoned · verb
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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