sexting
UK/ˈsɛkstɪŋ/
sexting noun: the act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging. Also the present participle and gerund of sext.
Noun
sexting (usually uncountable, plural sextings)
- The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.
- There are already concerns that young people are unaware of the serious legal implications that sexting can have.2009 August 6, Annalisa Barbieri, “You don't know what sexting is?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- But perhaps the most critical question in this area of research concerns the effect of sexting on relationship quality. Does sexting benefit or harm relationships?2018, Zizi Papacharissi, editor, A Networked Self and Love, Routledge, →ISBN
Also used as
sexting is also the present participle and gerund of sext.
sexting meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sexting in Hindi
- सेक्सटिंग, सेक्स्टिंग
sexting in Tamil
- செக்ஸ்டிங், செக்ஸிங்
sexting in Marathi
- सेक्सटिंग, सेक्स्टिंग, सेक्सटिंगला
sexting in Urdu
- سیکسٹنگ
More languagesFewer languages
- sexting in Bengali
- সেক্সটিং, সেক্স্টিং
- sexting in Telugu
- సెక్స్టింగ్
- sexting in Malayalam
- സെക്സിങ്, സെക്സ്ടിംഗ്, സെക്സ്റ്റിംഗ്
- sexting in Kannada
- ಸೆಕ್ಸ್ಟಿಂಗ್
- sexting in Punjabi
- ਸੈਕਸਿੰਗ, ਸੈਕਸਟਿੰਗ, ਸੈਕਸਟਰਿੰਗ
- sexting in Gujarati
- સેક્સટિંગ, સેક્સ્ટિંગ
- sexting in Odia
- ସେକ୍ସଟିଙ୍ଗ, ସେକ୍ସଟିଙ୍ଗ୍, ସେକ୍ସ୍ଟିଂ
- sexting in Nepali
- सेक्स्टिङ, सेक्सटिंग, सेक्सटिङ
- sexting in Vietnamese
- chat sex
Forms of sexting
| plural | sextings |
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Origin of sexting
Blend of sex + texting.
Questions about sexting
- What does sexting mean?
- Sexting means the act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.
- What is sexting in Hindi?
- Sexting in Hindi is सेक्सटिंग, सेक्स्टिंग. See Sexting meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sexting?
- Sexting is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sexting?
- Sexting is pronounced /ˈsɛkstɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sexting?
- The plural of sexting is sextings.
Words near sexting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sexting (page history and authors); sexting (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sexting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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