texting

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/ˈtɛkstɪŋ/

noun

The use of a mobile phone to send text messages.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of text
nountexting (countable and uncountable, plural textings)

plural textings

  1. countableuncountableThe use of a mobile phone to send text messages.
  2. countableuncountableThe words set to a piece of music.

    More typical (but still not numerous) are the textings supplied for Alleluias, or just as frequently for melismas occurring at the end of the second or third verse of Offertories.

    1915, Oscar George Sonneck, The Musical Quarterly, volume 52, page 198

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
textation

Origin

Blend of text + messaging, derived from text messaging

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans SMS
  • SMSTranslations
German Simsen
  • SimsenTranslations
Spanish textear, mandar texto
  • textearTranslations
  • mandar textoTranslations
  • textarTranslations
  • escribir textoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

texting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/texting

MLA

“texting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/texting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “texting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/texting.

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