Home › Words › H › handcarryhandcarryhandcarry means carry-on (luggage).EtymologyFrom hand + carry.nouncarry-on (luggage)verbTo transport and deliver in person.e.g.“He handcarried it all the way. sir. It took him 30 days.” — 1971, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).