texting

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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

texting

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present participle of text entry 2

Examples of texting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Today’s customers expect relevance, exact timing and personalized text messages instead of mass texting sent to thousands of people at once. — Phil Portman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Gilchrest, meanwhile, has been spending money on digital advertising on Facebook as well as postcards and texting and continues to focus on canvassing. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

Illinois has laws outlawing cellphone usage and texting while behind the wheel of one’s vehicle. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

For teams running basic SMS text sequences alongside their emails, the dashboard cleanly displays standard outbound texting volume and success metrics alongside email data, keeping your primary communication channels clear and measurable. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 22 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1999, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for texting

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