fistful

fist·ful

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fist-foo l]
- /ˈfɪst fʊl/
- /ˈfɪst.fʊl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fist-foo l]
- /ˈfɪst fʊl/

Definitions of fistful word

noun plural fistful a handful: a fistful of pennies. 1
noun fistful The amount that can be held in a closed fist. 1
noun fistful handful 1
countable noun fistful A fistful of things is the number of them that you can hold in your fist. 0
noun fistful the amount that can be held in the fist 0

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Origin of fistful

First appearance:

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

First recorded in 1605-15; fist1 + -ful

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Parts of speech for Fistful

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Fistful

fistful popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for fistful

noun fistful

handful — the quantity or amount that the hand can hold: a handful of coins.
bunch — A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
fist — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
wad — a soft, earthy, black to dark-brown mass of manganese oxide minerals.

All 4 Synonyms of fistful