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Handful

Handful Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Handful? [n] the quantity that can be held in the hand [n] a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Handful: fistful \| smattering Related Terms \| Find terms related to Handful: a few \| ace \| atom \| Augean task \| backbreaker \| ballbuster \| bit \| bitch \| bother \| chore \| couple \| dab \| dead lift \| dole \| dot \| dram \| dribble \| driblet \| dwarf \| farthing \| few \| fistful \| fleck \| flyspeck \| fragment \| gobbet \| grain \| granule \| groat \| hair \| hard job \| hard pull \| heavy sledding \| Herculean task \| iota \| jot \| large order \| limited number \| little \| little bit \| man-sized job \| minim \| minimum \| minutiae \| mischief-maker \| mite \| modicum \| molecule \| mote \| nuisance \| nutshell \| only a few \| ounce \| particle \| pebble \| piddling few \| piddling number \| pinch \| pittance \| point \| rough go \| scattering \| scruple \| small number \| smatter \| smattering \| smidgen \| smitch \| spatter \| spattering \| speck \| spoonful \| spot \| sprinkling \| tall order \| thimbleful \| tiny bit \| tittle \| too few \| tough job \| tough proposition \| trickle \| trifling amount \| trivia \| troublemaker \| uphill work \| whit See Also \| containerful \| small indefinite amount \| small indefinite quantity Handful In Webster's Dictionary \Hand"ful\, n.; pl. {Hand flus}. [AS. handfull.] 1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. --Addison. 2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.] Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. --Bacon. 3. A small quantity. This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. --Fuller. {To have one's handful}, to have one's hands full; to have all one can do. [Obs.] They had their handful to defend themselves from firing. --Sir. W. Raleigh.

Handful Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Handful?

[n] the quantity that can be held in the hand
[n] a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Handful: fistful | smattering

Handful In Webster's Dictionary

\Hand"ful\, n.; pl. {Hand flus}. [AS. handfull.]
1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. --Addison.

2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.]

         Knap the tongs together about a handful from the
         bottom.                               --Bacon.

3. A small quantity.

         This handful of men were tied to very hard duty.
                                               --Fuller.

{To have one's handful}, to have one's hands full; to have
   all one can do. [Obs.]

         They had their handful to defend themselves from
         firing.                               --Sir. W.
                                               Raleigh.

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