text messaging
noun
: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web That meeting birthed a text messaging group that people used to request necessities like groceries or hand sanitizer. 
Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022 Google is again sending a message to Apple: Fix the text messaging issues between Android devices and iPhones. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022 The report urges the department to set up a single website for claimants and suggests adopting a text messaging system to give Oregonians another way to communicate with the agency about their claims. oregonlive, 27 July 2022 For the uninitiated, robotexts are the text messaging equivalent to robocalls. Zachary Smith, cleveland, 23 July 2022 Hope agreed to pay $2 million to the state of Texas in 2012 in a settlement over his text messaging company. Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2022 The Democratic National Committee launched a text messaging campaign to move people to the streets, while some of the most powerful Democratic groups in the country were huddling to reshape their messaging. NBC News, 4 May 2022 By the time the second model was released, in 2019, the phone had added a (black-and-white) touchscreen and text messaging, plus music, mapping, and ride-sharing apps. Wired, 28 July 2022 This messaging standard, already integrated into Android, brings iMessage-like features—such as read receipts, messaging over Wi-Fi and encryption—to regular text messaging. Joanna Stern, WSJ, 5 June 2022 See More
Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022 Google is again sending a message to Apple: Fix the text messaging issues between Android devices and iPhones. Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2022 The report urges the department to set up a single website for claimants and suggests adopting a text messaging system to give Oregonians another way to communicate with the agency about their claims. oregonlive, 27 July 2022 For the uninitiated, robotexts are the text messaging equivalent to robocalls. Zachary Smith, cleveland, 23 July 2022 Hope agreed to pay $2 million to the state of Texas in 2012 in a settlement over his text messaging company. Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2022 The Democratic National Committee launched a text messaging campaign to move people to the streets, while some of the most powerful Democratic groups in the country were huddling to reshape their messaging. NBC News, 4 May 2022 By the time the second model was released, in 2019, the phone had added a (black-and-white) touchscreen and text messaging, plus music, mapping, and ride-sharing apps. Wired, 28 July 2022 This messaging standard, already integrated into Android, brings iMessage-like features—such as read receipts, messaging over Wi-Fi and encryption—to regular text messaging. Joanna Stern, WSJ, 5 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1982, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
text messaging
noun
text mes·sag·ing
-ˈme-si-jiŋ
: the sending of messages electronically usually from one cell phone to another