handful

Definition

  • noun: an amount that you can hold in your hand
  • noun: as much or as many as the hand will grasp
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: handsbreadth, fistful, handbreadth

Examples

  • Only a 'handful of' people showed up for the lecture.

  • The children collected seashells by the 'handful'.

  • Our dog is a real 'handful'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) That I was born to be a king. A king? A true king admits his faults. What of the lives you took on Earth? A mere handful compared to the number that Odin has taken himself. Your father... He's not my father! Then am I not your mother? (..)
    2013 Thor: The Dark World