hand-held
Britishadjective
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held in position by the hand
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(of a film camera) held rather than mounted, as in close-up action shots
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(of an electronic device) able to be held in the hand and not requiring connection to a fixed power source
noun
Example Sentences
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Using a hand-held X-ray fluorescence scanner, Packard-Grams found that some of those documents contain ink with lead and/or copper.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Where rapper MGK, best known as Machine Gun Kelly, set off a hand-held metal detector with his chain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
How long can we all stare at hand-held rectangles?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
This newfangled, microchipped World Cup ball actually needs to be charged in advance, similar to a hand-held vacuum, or a dull CEO before an earnings call.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
I was fascinated by the way the reporters wrote so fast in their narrow notebooks and spoke into their hand-held tape recorders.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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