handful
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈhændfəl/
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puñado
- The open box is unlined; someone has strewn a handful of pink rose petals in the bottom.
- take a handful
First step is a couple of small handfuls of nuts per day.
- First step is a couple of small handfuls of nuts per day.
- With paints you only need a handful and you can mix the colors.
- A couple of handfuls of that and then some blanched almond flour.
- And for that I salute you because you're standing tall or lying in bed eating handfuls of pasta off your chest.
- So if I get a handful and squeeze it together, you can see it kind of holds a loose form right there.
- Gives me a handful of ass, throws the pussy on me.
Examples
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Art reached down and picked up a handful of earth from the furrow nearest him.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Indian crouches over the bed, takes out a handful of leaves from a pouch.
Fiction book (1992) -
So just take a handful on each hand like this.
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I mean, you could always add, you can always take another little handful and throw it in.
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But then he came back with a handful of rocks.
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Grab a handful and squeeze it.
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First step is a couple of small handfuls of nuts per day.
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With paints you only need a handful and you can mix the colors.
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While she was chewing, she put a handful of coffee beans into the grinder.
Fiction book (1991) -
She picked a handful of fresh strawberries from the garden.
Synonyms
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1.6
An amount you can hold in one hand or a small number of things
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2.7
A small amount you can hold in a closed hand
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4.2
An amount you can hold in the palm of one hand
A small amount that can be held in one hand
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Etymology
The word handful comes from hand and -ful ('full'), so it originally meant 'as much as a hand can hold'. So a handful is the amount that fits in one hand.