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hand-held

adj
/ˈhændˌhɛld/

Etymology

From hand + held.

Definitions

  1. Held in one or both hands.

    • He filmed the scene with a hand-held camera.
    • The hand-held game console became popular with children.

  2. Small and light enough to be operated while held in one or both hands.

    • This device is small and hand-held, perfect for travel.

  3. A personal digital assistant or video game console that is small enough to be held in the…

    A personal digital assistant or video game console that is small enough to be held in the hands.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A snack food that is held in the hands while eating.

      • We offer sandwiches, tacos, and other hand-helds.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hand-held. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hand-held. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at hand-held

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA