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

The picture of the back of someone who resembled Booker, the almost flip phone quality video, and the cutoff pictures didn't do it for me. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

And then there’s a new, thinner flip phone, plus a pair of smartwatches. — ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026

As internet fatigue collides with the 20-year nostalgia cycle, more and more young people yearn for flip phones. — Bee Wertheimer, PC Magazine, 21 July 2026

Early in the process, Tang says, Light decided to really emphasize the flipping of the flip phone. — David Pierce, The Verge, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flip phone

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