text message
Digital Technology
noun
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.
Compare
instant message(def 1).
Words nearby text message
text,
text blindness,
text edition,
text editor,
text hand,
text message,
text messaging,
text processing,
textbook,
textbookish,
texter
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British Dictionary definitions for text message
text message
noun
a written message sent by means of a mobile phone