armful

[ ahrm-fool ]

noun,plural arm·fuls.
  1. as much as a person can hold or carry in an arm or both arms.

  2. Informal. a girl or woman with a well-rounded figure.

  1. Informal. an obstreperous child; handful.

Origin of armful

1
First recorded in 1570–80; arm1 + -ful

usage note For armful

1. See -ful.

Words Nearby armful

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How to use armful in a sentence

  • After bringing an armful of the tea-plant, we made a trip to the moss-patch.

    Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury Stephens
  • You wait until I get an armful of rocks and I'll beat some of their heads off!

  • That night, when the mess was sitting around after dinner, Tam appeared with a big armful of cigars.

    Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for armful

armful

/ (ˈɑːmfʊl) /


nounplural -fuls
  1. the amount that can be held by one or both arms

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