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adjective
1.
held in the hand or hands: a hand-held torch.
2.
small enough to be used or operated while being held in the hand or hands: a hand-held hair drier.
noun
3.
something small enough to be used or operated while held in the hand or hands: She traded in her bulky old movie camera for a hand-held.
Also, hand·held.
Origin:
1920–25
1920–25
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| hand-held | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | held in position by the hand |
| 2. | (of a film camera) held rather than mounted, as in close-up action shots |
| 3. | (of a computer) able to be held in the hand and not requiring connection to a fixed power source |
| —n | |
| 4. | a computer that can be held in the hand |
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Example sentences
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