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plural sexts
(historical) Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
(Roman Catholicism) The service appointed for this hour. examples
(music) A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees. examples
(music, obsolete) An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.
An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images. quotations examples
Embarrassed by a ‘Sext’ Message
2001 November 22, Baltimore Sun, page 37
third-person singular simple present sexts, present participle sexting, simple past and past participle sexted
(intransitive and transitive) To send a sext. quotations examples
Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham
2007 October 19, Cameron Millar, "Text Mad Brits Top League for Saucy Messages" in the Daily Star, p. 21 (caption)
[…] trying to get into the swing of things by texting my husband (I was a little tipsy, I will admit): "How do you sext someone?" hoping to engage in the latest trend. All I got was, "What!" in reply.
2009 March 1, Wendyl Nissen, “Sexts Suk... Go 4 a Real D8”, in New Zealand Herald, page 35
The next day, Greg sexted me a few pictures of his package.
2010 October 16, Victoria Gehman, “Sex Suspended, Celibacy Supreme”, in Albany Student Press
We would talk on the phone for hours and then text and sext the rest of the day.
2013, Olukemi Lawani, First Steps to Flight, page 3
Sexting sonnets / Under the tables
2022, “Billions”, performed by Caroline Polachek