sext

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verb

ˈsekst 

sexted; sexting; sexts

transitive + intransitive

: to send someone a sexually explicit message or image by cell phone : to engage in sexting

He feigns deep concern and sympathy for a young woman who sexted a selfie to a boyfriend who, in turn, broke up with her and distributed the photo on the Internet.

—David Wiegand

Some kids use their phones to bully students or to sext or make inappropriate phone calls.

—Daniel Domenech

sext

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noun (1)

plural sexts

: a sexually explicit message or image sent by cell phone

Many kids who send sexts say they meant to play a joke, and often the kid in the photo was in on it.

—Emily Bazelon

sext

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noun (2)

ˈsekst 

often capitalized

: the fourth of the canonical hours

Examples of sext in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Or maybe the performance artist clad in thigh-high fishnets whose plastic-wrap dress listed her phone number and a summons to sext her, a stunt that felt very Art Basel Miami Beach 2016. —Helen Holmes, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024

Is there a way to safely sext? —Leah Campano, Seventeen, 7 Apr. 2023

Don’t sext! —WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022

Tries to sext with a Garmin InReach. —Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2022

Turns out Erica can sext. —Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 8 Aug. 2022

Most importantly, though, the ending raises a key question: Is Keith willing to sext his own dad, for cOmEdY? —Sean Malin, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Noun (2)

Middle English sexte, from Late Latin sexta, from Latin, sixth hour of the day, from feminine of sextus sixth, from sex six

First Known Use

Verb

2007, in the meaning defined above

Noun (1)

2001, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined above