text message

noun

1. an electronic message sent over a cellular network from one cell phone to another by typing words, often in shortened form, as “l8t” for “late,” on the phone's numeric or QWERTY keypad.

text message

noun

1. a written message sent by means of a mobile phone

Word History and Origins

Origin of text message¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

The judge said Ethan's grandparents had a "campaign to break him", with text messages from Michael Ives stating Ethan would have to "learn the hard way".

From BBC

“I got the text message and it didn’t make sense that it was her.”

From Los Angeles Times

It said text messages were being sent to more than 180,000 of its more vulnerable customers, giving them help and advice in the event they lose power.

From BBC

Further evidence of violence in the Ives household emerged in text messages read to the court, in which the couple were branded "child beaters" by their own son.

From BBC

He also presented text messages from late December where Ms Bunyan said she was keen to keep seeing him and called him a "blessing in my life."

From BBC