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

Qualls, who did not immediately respond to an email or text message requesting comment, is representing herself in court. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Appended to the tweet, perhaps to illustrate how fresh the split is, Zilis included a screen capture of an apparent text message exchange between the two with the date of September 24. — Kahina Sekkaï, Vanity Fair, 3 Oct. 2026

According to MacRumors, the carrier acknowledged the issue in a text message to customers this week and recommended an immediate software upgrade to fix the issue. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

The biggest contributor is CTA, which spent more than $5 million in the primary, covering the cost of mailers, text message campaigns and TV, radio, newspaper and digital ads, among other things. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 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