HANDFUL


Meaning of HANDFUL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hændfʊl ]

( handfuls)

1.

A handful of people or things is a small number of them.

He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar...

N-SING : usu N of n

2.

A handful of something is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand.

She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.

N-COUNT : usu N of n

3.

If you say that someone, especially a child, is a handful , you mean that they are difficult to control. ( INFORMAL )

Zara can be a handful sometimes.

N-SING

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