hand-held

British  

adjective

1. held in position by the hand

2. (of a film camera) held rather than mounted, as in close-up action shots

3. (of an electronic device) able to be held in the hand and not requiring connection to a fixed power source

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noun

1. a computer that can be held in the hand

Example Sentences

People went from simple flip phones to getting access to texting, calling, searching the web on a browser, playing games, and listening to music all in one hand-held device.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Vatn Systems, a Rhode Island startup, makes underwater autonomous vehicles that range in size from a 50-pound hand-held to an 800-pounder that’s 20 feet long.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The central actor here is Texas Instruments, the electronics firm best-known for its hand-held calculators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

As is their style, the Dardennes capture all of this with frank realism that relies heavily on available light, hand-held cameras, location shoots, and actors who look like real people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

He’d turned it on in order to see what he was eating but also in order to look at his face in a hand-held shaving mirror.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson