Handful

Noun

 * 1) As much as the hand will grasp or contain. - Joseph Addison
 * 2)  A hand's breadth; four inches.
 * ''Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. - Francis Bacon
 * 1) A small quantity, usually approximately equal to five, the number of fingers on a hand.
 * ''This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. - Fuller
 * 1) Something which can only be managed with difficulty.
 * ''Those twins are a real handful to look after.

Synonyms

 * (content of a hand) fistful
 * handbreadth, handsbreadth

Derived terms

 * To have one's handful: (Obsolete): to have one's hands full; to have all one can do.
 * ''They had their handful to defend themselves from firing. - Sir Walter Raleigh

Related terms

 * handgrip
 * handhold

Adjectives for Handful
paltry; unshackled; comparative; thorny; scanty; scattered; promiscuous.

Thesaurus
Augean task, Herculean task, a few, ace, atom, 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, 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

Etymology
From, from handful:, from , from , equivalent to. Cognate with hânfol:,  handvol:,  håndfuld:,  handfull:,  handfylli:.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: håndfuld
 * Dutch: handvol
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: marék,,  marok,
 * Indonesian: segenggam


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: грст
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Danish: håndsbred
 * Dutch: handbreed, handbreedte
 * French:


 * Italian:, ,
 * Macedonian: грст


 * Armenian:
 * Danish: håndfuld
 * Dutch: handvol, beetje
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Indonesian: segenggam
 * Italian:, ,
 * Macedonian: грст
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * Dutch: handenbinder, lastpost
 * Italian:, ,


 * Polish: trudne do zniesienia


 * : (breadth of hand)


 * : puñado, manojo , poca cantidad