ALL meanings of handful
hand·ful
H h - noun plural handful the quantity or amount that the hand can hold: a handful of coins. 1
- noun plural handful a small amount, number, or quantity: a handful of men. 1
- noun plural handful Informal. a person or thing that is as much as one can manage or control: The baby's tantrums made him a handful. 1
- noun handful quantity held in one hand 1
- noun handful quantity of sth in one hand 1
- noun handful a few 1
- noun handful See -ful. 1
- noun handful A quantity that fills the hand. 1
- noun handful The amount that a hand will grasp or contain. 0
- noun handful (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A hand's breadth; four inches. 0
- noun handful A small quantity, usually approximately equal to five. 0
- noun handful Something which can only be managed with difficulty. 0
- singular noun handful A handful of people or things is a small number of them. 0
- countable noun handful A handful of something is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand. 0
- singular noun handful If you say that someone, especially a child, is a handful, you mean that they are difficult to control. 0
- noun handful the amount or number that can be held in the hand 0
- noun handful a small number or quantity 0
- noun handful a person or thing difficult to manage or control 0
- noun handful as much or as many as the hand will hold 0
- noun handful a relatively small number or amount 0
- noun handful as much as one is able to manage; someone or something hard to manage 0