- a variation of handheld.
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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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
At one hotel, Scheele propped a hand-held fan he’d bought for a festival on a bedside table using his wallet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
It also makes a Switch-like hand-held console called the Steam Deck.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Then I saw a team of security people, standing by the barriers, checking hand luggage, sweeping people with hand-held explosives-detectors, like they do at airports and at the London Eye.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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