From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhandfulhand‧ful /ˈhændfʊl/ ●●○ noun 1 [countable]TM an amount that you can hold in your handhandful of The boy picked up a handful of stones and started throwing them at us.2 → a handful of something3 → be a handful
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handful• She had three more falls before she and a handful of other players started stick and balling.• Sports Illustrated for Kids asked a handful of athletes whether they had invented anything when they were kids.• As for Jimmy, he chooses from a handful of set comments, so he hasn't a great deal to say.• The trial is the first of a handful of high-profile cases expected within the next few months.• They played a handful of tunes from their new album.• Looking down where the water of the canal licked the rocks, I saw a handful of date pits.• The new book is by a man who's already written a handful of best-sellers, most of them about moles.• Gradually, the number of individual objectors prepared to enter the fray began to expand outside the initial handful.• Prior to 1986 only a small handful of networks existed within the research and education community.handful of• I scooped up a handful of dinner mints as we left the restaurant. 