cellphone
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (Southern England): (file) - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsɛlfoʊn/
- Homophone: self-own
Noun
cellphone (plural cellphones)
- Alternative form of cell phone
Verb
cellphone (third-person singular simple present cellphones, present participle cellphoning, simple past and past participle cellphoned)
- To make a call on a cellphone.
- 2003, Steven Suskin, Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002: A Relevant and Irreverent Record:
- They stood on line, and slept and ate and cellphoned, all night and into the day.
- 2009 July 23, “The Truth About Cars and Cellphones”, in New York Times[1]:
- That information — including estimates that cellphoning drivers caused 955 fatalities and 240,000 accidents in 2002 — was finally pried loose this week by a freedom of information lawsuit.