direct message

Meanings

noundirect message (plural direct messages)

plural direct messages · alternative direct-message

InternetSynonym of private message.
Synonyms: DM, private message

verbdirect message (third-person singular simple present direct messages, present participle direct messaging, simple past and past participle direct messaged)

present singular third person direct messages · participle present direct messaging · participle past direct messaged · past direct messaged · alternative direct-message

InternettransitiveSynonym of private message.
1 more example
And just last week, I gave my partner the silent treatment for not answering me after five minutes. On social media, all I seem to do is hard-block people left and right, foregoing the soft-block altogether. If I’m not doing that, I leave rude comments with super sassy emojis or direct message my friends with passive-aggressive cat GIFs.
2022 October 27, Paloma Torres, quoting Potentially Petty/Hot Person, “Advice Column: Am I becoming hotter or just pettier? Paloma Torres answers the age-old question constantly on everyone's minds”, in The Eyeopener, volume 56, number 7, page 3
Synonyms: DM, private message