cellphone

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlfəʊn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlfoʊn/
• Homophone: self-own

cellphone (plural cellphones)

1. Alternative form of cell phone.
   • 2009 July 23, “The Truth About Cars and Cellphones”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 May 2021:

     Six years later, the Transportation Department advises drivers to avoid cellphones except in emergencies.

   • 2024 January 26, Brian Fung, “The NSA buys Americans’ internet data, newly released documents show”, in CNN Business‎^[2]:

     Nakasone added that the NSA does not purchase cellphone location data of Americans or location data generated by automotive infotainment systems in the United States.

cellphone (third-person singular simple present cellphones, present participle cellphoning, simple past and past participle cellphoned)

1. (informal, transitive) 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 The New York Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 6 May 2021:

     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.