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cellphone en · NOUN

(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of cell phone.
alt of cell phone
- 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. 2024 January 26, Brian Fung, “The NSA buys Americans’ internet data, newly released documents show”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2025:
- Six years later, the Transportation Department advises drivers to avoid cellphones except in emergencies. 2009 July 23, “The Truth About Cars and Cellphones”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 May 2021:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
cellphones	Number=Plur		lexicographic

(ambitransitive, informal) To make a call to (someone) on a cellphone.
- They stood on line, and slept and ate and cellphoned, all night and into the day. 2003, Steven Suskin, Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002: A Relevant and Irreverent Record:
- 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. 2009 July 23, “The Truth About Cars and Cellphones”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 May 2021:

Spelling	Features	Source
cellphoned	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
cellphoned	Tense=Past	lexicographic
cellphoning	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
cellphones	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic