flip phone

noun

plural flip phones

: a cell phone with a hinged body that opens and closes

Smith, who was still using a flip phone, was suspicious of his girlfriend's preoccupation with social media, worrying that it would detract from the experience.

—Rachel Monroe

Examples of flip phone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fifty-five percent of phone shoppers in the United States — including those who purchase flip phones and basic mobile phones — buy their device through an installment plan, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. —Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025

So Banfield hopped out of the cab and started running, making calls on a Motorola flip phone that kept losing signal. —Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

There’s been a recent revival of Y2K aesthetics, from butterfly clips to flip phones to, tragically, low-rise jeans. —Rachel Harrison, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025

Under the agreement, changes would be made to Tisdel's legislation, such as allowing students to use flip phones at school and creating an exception to the phone ban during emergencies, according to Tisdel. —Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flip phone

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone