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cellphone

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noun/ˈsɛlfəʊn//ˈsɛlfoʊn/
  1. 1

    Alternative form of cell phone.alt-ofalternative

    • Six years later, the Transportation Department advises drivers to avoid cellphones except in emergencies.
    • 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.
verb/ˈsɛlfəʊn//ˈsɛlfoʊn/
  1. 1

    To make a call to (someone) on a cellphone.ambitransitiveinformal

    • They stood on line, and slept and ate and cellphoned, all night and into the day.
    • 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.

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