[hand-held] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
| hand-held also hand·held (hānd'hěld') adj. Compact enough to be used or operated while being held in the hand or hands: a hand-held video camera. hand'-held' n. |