HANDHELD Definition & Meaning

handheld

or hand-held

[ hand-held ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

held in the hand or hands:
a handheld torch.
small enough to be used or operated while being held in the hand or hands:
a handheld hair drier.

noun

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 handheld.

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Origin of handheld¹

First recorded in 1920–25

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Example Sentences

It can be detected using handheld gas sensors like the ones used by the community researchers.

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That’s televisions, not handheld devices or computers — which one would assume drives that number a lot higher.

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Disney also offers sign language interpreters, wheelchair and scooter rentals, assistive handheld captioning and video captioning on some rides, and dialogue and narration of scripts on others.

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“It’s very Jacques Audiard to film dialogue scenes with handheld cameras. He likes to bring movement and accident to something that wouldn’t have them if shot on a tripod or dolly.”

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I would have shot the whole thing handheld if we had to, because the camera needs to be in certain places.

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