texting
verbnouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈtɛkstɪŋ//
The use of a mobile phone to send text messages.
verb
- 1
Also a form of textpresent participle and gerund of text
Etymology
Blend of text + messaging, derived from text messaging
noun
- 1
The use of a mobile phone to send text messages.
- 2
The words set to a piece of music.
More typical (but still not numerous) are the textings supplied for Alleluias, or just as frequently for melismas occurring at the end of the second or third verse of Offertories.
Forms
- plural
- textings
text · A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols…textbook · A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific…texted · Accompanied by text.
texting · The use of a mobile phone to send text messages.
texture · The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness,…Thad · A diminutive of the male given names Thaddeus or Thaddaeus,…Thai · Of or pertaining to Thailand.