sexted; sexting; sexts
: 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
David WiegandSome kids use their phones to bully students or to sext or make inappropriate phone calls.—Daniel Domenech
Daniel Domenech
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
Emily BazelonExamples of sext in a Sentence
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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
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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
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“Sext.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sext. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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