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cellie

cellie is the alternative spelling of celly.

Meaning of celly

Noun

celly (plural cellies)

  1. (slang) A cellmate.
  2. (slang) A jail cell.
    • So tragic, need a hot meal in my baby’s belly / Reminisce no hard times in my pen, in my celly, / I ain’t tryna go back, cause backwards ain’t part of my PJ2000, “Win Or Lose”, in Baller Blockin, performed by Rappin’ 4-Tay, from 2:43
  3. (slang) A cellular phone.
    • You got no hand skills, there's no security to save ya / No pager, no celly, no drop top Benz-y1998, “Moment of Truth”, in Moment of Truth, performed by Gang Starr

Forms of cellie

pluralcellies

Origin of cellie

From cell + -ie.

Questions about cellie

What is cellie the alternative spelling of?
Cellie is the alternative spelling of celly.

Words near cellie in the dictionary

  1. cellful
  2. cellfuls
  3. cellhouse
  4. cellhouses
  5. celli
  6. cellie
  7. cellies
  8. celliferous
  9. celliform
  10. cellifugal
  11. celling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cellie (page history and authors); celly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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