Handful

Definitions: Handful

Handful

Noun

1. A small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received".

2. The quantity that can be held in the hand.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "handful" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Handful \Hand"ful\, noun; plural Hand flus. [from Anglo-Saxon expression handfull.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Handful

Fewness

Noun: fewness; Adjective: paucity, small number; small quantity; rarity; infrequency; handful, maniple; minority; exiguity.

Quantity

Armful, handful, mouthful, spoonful, capful; stock, batch, lot, dose; yaffle.

Smallness

Nutshell; thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful, mouthful; fragment; fraction; (part); drop in the ocean.

Crosswords: Handful

She reminds me that I have publicly acknowledged that as a young Marine officer in Vietnam, I did, on a handful of occasions, smoke marijuana. (The Sum of All Fears; writing credit: Paul Attanasio)

I just assumed you curled up with a handful of dirt from your homeland and waited 'til dawn. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

Bart's such a handful, and Maggie needs attention, but all the while, our little Lisa's becoming a young woman. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I couldn't get laid in a whorehouse with a handful of fifty-dollar bills. (G vs E; writing credit: David Burris; Janice Engel)

You crazy handful of nothin'. (Cool Hand Luke; writing credit: Donn Pearce)

A Handful of Dust (1974)

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Books

• Love Is a Handful of Honey (reference)

• The Stricken Field (A Handful of Men, Part 3) (reference)

• You Bet Your Tomatoes: Fun Facts, Tall Tales, and a Handful of Useful Gardening Tips (reference)

• A Handful of Dirt (reference)

• A Handful of Summers (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• A Handful of Dust (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Handful of Keys (reference)

• A Handful of Pleasant Delites (reference)

• A Handful of Keys [LIVE] (reference)

• Handful of Blues (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

April Tidwell holds a handful of quail eggs on the Manchester Farms near Camden, SC.Credit: USDA.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Bruno took a good handful of mane in each hand, and made believe to guide this new kind of steed.

He was obliged to sit close to it, and brood over it, before he could extract the least sensation of warmth from such a handful of fuel.

I should like to see a shade grasp a handful of ashes.

And how many of those tiny little grains go to make up the small handful which a child grasps in its play.

He took a handful of sand from the bottom and scrubbed himself with it.

One man says, in his despair or indifference to life, take up a handful of the earth at your feet, and paint your house that color.

Now for a handful of guilders I happen to have a private and uncut performance of the rape of the Sabine Women - or rather woman, or rather Alfred -Get your skirt on Alfred!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

For example, only a handful of States have actively undertaken programs to shift the primary site of LTC from institutions to the community. (references)

Between early pregnancy and the first months of life, one cell divides to form first a handful of cells, and then hundreds, millions, and, eventually, billions of cells. (references)

Business

These are just a handful of examples of the many successful chains. (references)

Currently, only a handful of China's ports are able to effectively manage container traffic. (references)

By mid-1998 all three major railroad lines had been concessioned, with only a handful of short lines to go. (references)

Children

China

However, according to the SFPC, only a handful of doctors have been charged with infanticide under this law. (references)

Civil Liberties

Burma

Since 1997 the Government has issued few visas to foreign journalists and has held only a handful of press conferences on political subjects. (references)

Malaysia

Many of these demonstrators later were acquitted, but a handful were convicted, with sentences ranging from 1 to 3 months in addition to a fine. (references)

Economic History

Ecuador

Most stock trades involve shares in a handful of banks and companies. (references)

Armenia

The Armenian stock market is embryonic, with only a handful of companies trading locally. (references)

Indonesia

None of the handful of Indonesian judges with IPR expertise currently sits on the Commercial court. (references)

Human Rights

China

According to the SFPC, a handful of doctors have been charged under this law. (references)

Sierra Leone

Diet and medical care were inadequate, and only a handful of toilets were available for use. (references)

Croatia

Only a handful of claims by ethnic Serbs for reconstruction assistance have been fulfilled; however, during the year the Government took several positive administrative steps. (references)

Political Economy

HUNGARY

Hungary is one of a handful of countries that has never defaulted or rescheduled its foreign debt. (references)

ALGERIA

The Cabinet decided that, with a handful of exceptions, all of the country's 937 state-owned firms will eventually be sold. (references)

RUSSIA

Because of the law's provisions and Russian companies' lack of familiarity with such measures, Russian companies have only been able to file successful actions in a handful of cases, mostly safeguards cases. (references)

Political Rights

Malaysia

Analysis by NGO's of the voting roll used in the national elections also revealed irregularities, such as deceased persons on the rolls, multiple voters registered under single identity card numbers, and other anomalies; however, according to most observers, there is no evidence that these irregularities significantly affected the results in more than a handful of races. (references)

Trade

Zimbabwe

Project financing is available from two Zimbabwean development banks and a handful of venture capital companies. (references)

Uzbekistan

The NBU and a handful of other large state-owned banks, which serve largely as channels for government-directed lending, dominate Uzbekistan's banking sector. (references)

Travel

Azerbaijan

A handful of clinics offer Western-standard medical care, including International SOS, the Turkish-American Medical Clinic, and MediClub. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "handful": a handful ♦ a handful of people ♦ handful of ♦ take a handful ♦ take a handful of ♦ taking a handful ♦ To have one's handful. Additional references.

Ending with "handful": just-a-handful.

Albanian

sasi e vogël (dole, drachm, dram, dribblet, modicum, smack, smattering, sprinkle, trifle), person i vështirë, grusht (fist, marrowbones, punch, wallop, whack), gjë e zorshme, dorë (arm, claw, clutches, fist, flipper, hand, mitt, palm, quality). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مقدار قليل (fleabite, mite, ounce, spot), ‏قبضة (authority, clasp, clutch, control, fist, fistful, grip, hold, holding, pinch), ‏حفنة (squeeze). (various references)

Bulgarian 

шепа, мъчен човек (refractory), буйно дете. (various references)

Chinese 

极少数 (handfuls), 滿手 . (various references)

Czech

hrstka (sprinkling, trickle), hrst. (various references)

Dutch

handvol (bunch, gait, strick), handjevol. (various references)

Esperanto

plenmano. (various references)

Farsi 

یک مشت پر, مشتی , مشت (Buffet, Clump, Fist, Knock, Pounce, Punch, Wisp, Yerk), تنی چند. (various references)

Finnish

kourallinen. (various references)

French

poignée (grip handle, haft, hand grip, hand slot, handgrip, handhold, handhole, handle). (various references)

German

handvoll (fistful, handfull). (various references)

Greek 

χούφτα (cup). (various references)

Hebrew 

מלוא �"חופן, קומץ (wisp), חופן, חפון. (various references)

Hungarian

maréknyi. (various references)

Indonesian

segenggam, raupan, genggam, cawik. (various references)

Italian

pugno (blow, bop, box, buffet, cuff, fist, fistful, punch, sock), piccolo numero, manciata (fistful), manata (slap). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

一握り (small handful), 一握 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひとにぎり (small handful), いちあく. (various references)

Korean 

한줌 (handfuls). (various references)

Manx

lane doarn (fistful), gleih (armful, sickleful; gum), glackaid (bunch), croaglagh (fistful). (various references)

Pig Latin

andfulhay.(various references)

Portuguese

punhado (bunch, fistic, wisp). (various references)

Romanian

sarcinã neplãcutã, pumn (blow, buffet, bunch of five, fist), persoanã plicticoasã (bromide), necaz (annoyance, bother, cankerworm, care, cross, difficulty, distress, evil, furnace, gall, grief, grudge, infliction, mess, mischief, need, pain, resentment, Ruth, sorrow, spite, suffering, trouble, upset, vexation, worriment), mânã de, mânã (arm, claw, fin, fist, flapper, flipper, hand, look, paw). (various references)

Russian 

горсть, маленькая кучка, пригоршня. (various references)

Scottish

dòrlach (a good deal, a handful, sheaf of). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pregršt (armful), šaka (hand, palm). (various references)

Spanish

manojo (bunch, bundle, bundle of rough sticks, drift, strick, swath, windrow, winrow). (various references)

Swedish

handfull. (various references)

Thai

หนึ่งกำมือ (fistful). (various references)

Turkish

ele avuca sığmayan tip, başa çıkılması zor kimse, avuç dolusu, avuç (palm). (various references)

Turkmen 

яanawuз, gysym (clutch), goюawuз. (various references)

Ukranian 

невелика кількість (a bit, little, mouthful, scantling, smack, trifle), жменька, жменя (fistful). (various references)

Vietnamese 

việc khó chịu. (various references)

Welsh

dyrnaid (fistful). (various references)

manipulis, manipulorum, manipulos, manipulum, manipulus, pugillis, pugillo, pugillum, pugillus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "handful": handfuls. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Handful" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bardful, handfull, hanful, Hynafol. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: fauld, uhlan, ulnad.

-3 letters: auld, dahl, dhal, dual, faun, flan, fund, half, hand, haul, hula, land, laud, luna, ulan, ulna.

-4 letters: and, dah, dal, duh, dun, fad, fan, flu, fud, fun, had, hun, lad, nah.

-5 letters: ad, ah, al, an, fa, ha, la, na, nu, uh, un.

+1 letter: handfuls, handsful.

+5 letters: thousandfold.

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