hand-carry

or hand·car·ry

[ hand-kar-ee ]

verb (used with object)

, hand-car·ried, hand-car·ry·ing.

1. to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons:

   The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.

Example Sentences

I’d back the truck up to the newly framed house, put a plank across and hand-carry 20 or 30 50-pound bundles of fresh-split cedar shakes onto the roof, slatted so that the cedar could breathe because it still sought oxygen.

From Seattle Times

Israeli and U.N. officials hand-carry cash over the border to Gaza.

From Reuters

Owners manage to get some spare parts through “mules,” people who hand-carry goods into the island, but sometimes they must have parts made by hand.

From Seattle Times

The Huntsville, Ala., resident is starting a business to personally collect ashes for others and then hand-carry them to scenic places, where they will be scattered — on video if requested.

From Washington Post

There is now no place in the country to read Paps, and biopsies are given to someone flying to Ethiopia to hand-carry to a hospital there.

From New York Times

Related Words

• bear
• bring
• convey
• distribute
• drop
• give
• hand
• hand over
• pass
• transport