text message

noun

: a short message sent electronically usually from one cell phone to another

Examples of text message in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That same day, 260 miles west, the mayor of another Saskatchewan town was sitting on the end of a fishing dock when his phone buzzed with a text message. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

The trooper, who state police didn’t name, wasn’t hurt, agency spokeswoman Cindy Murphy said in a text message Friday evening. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2026

During that time, officers’ racist, homophobic and sexist text message threads were leaked to the public, including an officer offering a steak dinner to anyone who shot Hernandez-Thorpe — who is Black — with a less-lethal round launcher. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

The primary reached its most contentious point about a week before voters chose Holscher, when Kelly’s chief of staff, Will Lawrence, accused Holscher of threatening to publicize Kelly’s 2024 divorce in a 2025 text message. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for text message

• expressage
• presage

Kids Definition

text message

noun

: a short message sent electronically usually from one cell phone to another