Noun: handheld vacuum
- A lightweight vacuum cleaner either powered from rechargeable batteries or mains power, popular for cleaning up smaller spills
"Some battery-powered handheld vacuums are wet/dry rated; the appliance must be partially disassembled and cleaned after picking up wet materials, to avoid developing unpleasant odours"; "She used a handheld vacuum cleaner to quickly clean up the spilled cereal";
- handheld vacuum cleaner, hand-held vacuum cleaner, hand-held vacuum
Type of: vac [informal], vacuum, vacuum cleaner