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View synonyms for handful

handful

[ hand-fool ]

noun

, plural hand·fuls.
  1. the quantity or amount that the hand can hold:

    a handful of coins.

  2. a small amount, number, or quantity:

    a handful of men.

  3. Informal. a person or thing that is as much as one can manage or control:

    The baby's tantrums made him a handful.



handful

/ ˈhændfʊl /

noun

  1. the amount or number that can be held in the hand
  2. a small number or quantity
  3. informal.
    a person or thing difficult to manage or control


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Spelling Note

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Word History and Origins

Origin of handful1

before 900; Middle English, Old English. See hand, -ful

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Example Sentences

Weiss is likely to get confirmed even as Warren and a handful of other progressive Democrats vote no.

Knight lived down the street from Scalise, and had met him a handful of times at Republican Party events.

With only a handful of great directors between the two videos, Fourgrounds can keep this going for years.

Still, a handful of centuries-old establishments have survived and housed some pretty phenomenal history.

The Finches have made no small point of the fact that Meredith is one of only a handful of women to ever write Wonder Woman.

He fumbled under his overcoat for loose silver, drew out a handful and paid off the taximan.

Severely wounded, with a handful of followers, he fought his way through a column of the enemy and reached the bank of the Elster.

Soon Antler arose and laid down her load; and breaking a handful of branches, she hurried over the drifts and met the Cave-men.

But they are a mere handful, quite insignificant, kept alive mainly by the Most and Peukert feud.

It's a nuisance just at present, when I am so busy with Asturian affairs and the king is such a handful to hold.

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