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Definition of Handheld
1. Adjective. Small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands. "A hand-held computer"
Definition of Handheld
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of hand-held) ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of hand-held) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Handheld
1. something held in the hand [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handheld
Literary usage of Handheld
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"RICHARD handheld TITHERINGTON. THE COMFORT OF THE TREES GENTLE and generous,
brave-hearted, kind, And full of love and trust was he, our chief: He never ..."
2. The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book: Containing by Philippart, John, 1784-1875 (1820)
"COLONEL CHARLES handheld. APPOINTED Bus. in the 22nd foot the 1st of Oct., 1769;
Lieut. the 30th of Sept., 1772; Capt. and Lieut. in the same corps the 15th ..."