SMS Syllabification: (SMS)Translate SMS | into French | into Italian Definition of SMS abbreviation short message (or messaging) service, a system that enables cellular phone users to send and receive text messages. noun (plural SMSs) a text message that is sent or received using SMS. verb (SMSs, SMSing, SMSed) [no object] send someone a text message using SMS:I’m SMSing more than speaking on my phone these days [with object]:SMS me or send me an e-mailSMS in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of SMS in the British & World English dictionary