Meanings
nouniMessage (plural iMessages)
plural iMessages
- A message sent via the instant messaging service iMessage.
Fourteen iMessages, six WhatsApps, and two missed calls. She frowned, confused by the list of names appearing. She wasn't that popular.
2016, Sarah Pinborough, 13 Minutes, New York, N.Y.: Flatiron Books, published October 2017, →ISBN, page 9
Origin
From the trade name iMessage, from i- + message.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
iMessage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iMessage
MLA
“iMessage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iMessage. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iMessage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iMessage.
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