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text neck

text neck noun: neck pain caused by hunching over a mobile device for long periods.

Noun

text neck (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Neck pain caused by hunching over a mobile device for long periods.
    • Are smartphones a pain in the neck? According to new research carried out by a US doctor, they are far worse – “text neck” is becoming an epidemic that could lead to permanent damage.2014 November 24, Homa Khaleeli, “Text neck: how smartphones are damaging our spines”, in The Guardian
    • Do you have text neck? How phones are affecting us physically [title]2024 January 24, Tik Root, “Do you have text neck? How phones are affecting us physically”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

text neck meaning in Tamil

text neck in Tamil

திறன்பேசி நோக்கல் கழுத்துவலி

Questions about text neck

What does text neck mean?
Text neck means neck pain caused by hunching over a mobile device for long periods.
What is text neck in Tamil?
Text neck in Tamil is திறன்பேசி நோக்கல் கழுத்துவலி. See Text neck meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is text neck?
Text neck is a noun.

Words near text neck in the dictionary

  1. text links
  2. text message
  3. text messaged
  4. text messages
  5. text messaging
  6. text neck
  7. text painting
  8. text paintings
  9. text retrieval
  10. text retrievals
  11. text simplification

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Adapted from Wiktionary: text neck (page history and authors); text neck (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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