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

It was one of those dual-shower systems, and I didn’t realize it was set to the hand-held option at a weird angle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

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

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