texting

noun

text·​ing ˈtek-stiŋ 

: the act or activity of sending text messages from one cell phone to another

When I moved to Chicago, I used a paper map that folded in your lap to navigate the city. There was no Internet, no e-mail, no texting …

—Amy Poehler

Texting freed a generation from the strictures and inconvenience (and awkwardness) of phone calls, while allowing people to be more loosely and constantly connected.

—Jenna Wortham

Examples of texting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

A lot of texting, a lot of checking in. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026

Phone calls and texting seem to be what takes up most of our human interaction these days. — Barton Goldsmith, AJC.com, 2 June 2026

Bill Maher torches embattled Maine candidate over tattoo, texting and abuse claims. — FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026

Between caring for animals, managing the property and keeping up with family obligations, texting isn't exactly her mother's strongest skill. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1999, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for texting

• bowstring
• coiling
• downswing
• drawstring
• forewing
• hamstring
• lapwing
• mainspring
• offspring
• plaything
• shoestring
• upswing