'handfuls' definitions:

Definition of 'handfuls'

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handful \hand"ful\ (h[a^]nd"f[.u]l), n.; pl. handfuls (h[a^]nd"f[.u]lz). [AS. handfull.]
1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
2. A hand's breadth; four inches. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
3. A small quantity or number. [1913 Webster]
This handful of men were tied to very hard duty. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
4. A person, task, or situation, which is the most that one can manage; as, my two-year-old is a handful. [PJC]
To have one's handful, to have one's hands full; to have all one can do. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
They had their handful to defend themselves from firing. --Sir. W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]

Words containing 'handfuls'

All hands,
At all hands,
At any hand,
At hand,
At no hand,
At the hand of,
By hand,
From hand to hand,
Hand,
Hand in hand,
Hand over hand,
Hand to hand,
Handed,
Handing,
Hands off,
In hand,
Off hand,
On all hands,
On hand,
Out of hand,
To hand down,
To hand over,
To have a hand in,
To have in hand,
To his hand,
To my hand,
Under the hand of,
hand down,
hand in,
hand on,
hand out,
hand over,
handed down,
handful,
handing over,
hands,
hands down,
have in hand,
on the other hand,
hand-in-hand,
hand-to-hand,
At first hand,
At second hand,
Black Hand,
Bloody hand,
Both-hands,
Bow hand,
Bridle hand,
Cap in hand,
Clean hands,
Comparison of hands,
Court hand,
Cursive hand,
Dead hand,
Deck hand,
Devil's hand,
Elder hand,
Eldest hand,
Engrossing hand,
Foremast hand,
Full hand,
Green hand,
Hand County,
Hand bag,
Hand basket,
Hand bell,
Hand bill,
Hand car,
Hand director,
Hand drop,
Hand gallop,
Hand gear,
Hand glass,
Hand goniometer,
Hand grenade,
Hand guide,
Hand language,
Hand lathe,
Hand lead,
Hand money,
Hand organ,
Hand over fist,
Hand over head,
Hand plant,
Hand running,
Hand sail,
Hand screen,
Hand screw,
Hand staff,
Hand stamp,
Hand staves,
Hand tree,
Hand vise,
Hand work,
Hand, SD,
Heart and hand,
Heavy hand,
Hour hand,
In one's hand,
In one's hands,
Index hand,
Laying on of hands,
Light hand,
Minute hand,
Note of hand,
Off one's hands,
On one's hands,
Right hand,
Round hand,
Second hand,
Show of hands,
Slack hand,
Sleight of hand,
Small hand,
Spear hand,
Strict hand,
Taut hand,
Text hand,
The upper hand,
To be hand and glove with,
To be hand in glove with,
To be on the mending hand,
To bear a hand,
To bear in hand,
To bring up by hand,
To change hand,
To change hands,
To clap hands,
To clap the hands,
To come to hand,
To get hand,
To give the hand,
To give the hand of,
To grease in the hand,
To grease the hand,
To have one's handful,
To hold hand,
To hold in hand,
To lay hands on,
To lend a hand,
To lie on hand,
To lift the hand against,
To lift up the hand,
To lift up the hand against,
To put the hand to,
To set the hand to,
To shake hands,
To stand in hand,
To strike hands,
To strike hands with,
To take in hand,
To wash the hands of,
Whip hand,
With a high hand,
bare handed,
big hand,
bridge hand,
cash in hand,
change hands,
close at hand,
come to hand,
empty handed,
field hand,
free hand,
give a hand,
glad hand,
hand and foot,
hand and glove,
hand ax,
hand axe,
hand blower,
hand brake,
hand calculator,
hand cheese,
hand clapping,
hand clasp,
hand cream,
hand drill,
hand fern,
hand in glove,
hand job,
hand line,
hand lotion,
hand luggage,
hand mirror,
hand mower,
hand pump,
hand puppet,
hand saw,
hand shovel,
hand throttle,
hand to mouth,
hand tool,
hand towel,
hand truck,
hand wear,
hand-down,
hand-me-down,
hand-out,
hand-to-hand struggle,
handed-down,
hands-down,
hands-off,
hands-on,
heavy handed,
helping hand,
high handed,
hired hand,
iron hand,
lay hands on,
left hand,
left handed,
lend a hand,
little hand,
lone hand,
off-hand,
old hand,
on one hand,
on the one hand,
poker hand,
ranch hand,
ready to hand,
red handed,
running hand,
section hand,
shake hands,
single handed,
sweep hand,
upper hand,
Double-handed,
Fast-handed,
First-hand,
Four-in-hand,
Free-hand,
Free-handed,
Hand County, SD,
Hand-tight,
Hand-winged,
Hard-handed,
High-handed,
Horny-handed,
Large-handed,
Left-hand,
Left-handed,
Light-handed,
Lily-handed,
Putting the hand under the thigh,
Red-hand,
Red-handed,
Right-hand,
Right-handed,
Short-handed,
Sinister-handed,
Strait-handed,
Text-hand,
Three-handed,
To fall into one's hands,
To get one's hand in,
To have one's hands full,
To have the cards in one's own hands,
To have the higher upper hand,
To keep one's hand in,
To lie on one's hands,
To live from hand to mouth,
To make one's hand,
To play into a person's hands,
To put forth the hand against,
To put the finishing hand to,
To put the hand unto,
To put the last hand to,
To stand one in hand,
To turn one's hand to,
Two-hand,
Two-handed,
Wing-handed,
clean-handed,
dead hand of the past,
empty-handed,
ham-handed,
hand-brake,
hand-build,
hand-craft,
hand-crafted,
hand-dye,
hand-held,
hand-hewn,
hand-hole,
hand-loomed,
hand-operated,
hand-pick,
hand-picked,
hand-to-mouth,
hand-wash,
hand-written,
heavy-handed,
high-handedly,
keep one's hands off,
light-handedly,
mill-hand,
one-handed,
red hand defenders,
right hand man,
single-handed,
single-handedly,
sure-handed,
wash one's hands,
Free-hand drawing,
Hand-hole plate,
Left-hand rope,
Left-handed marriage,
Left-handed screw,
Right-hand rope,
Right-handed screw,
To change a horse or To change hand,
To get the higher upper hand,
To lay hands on one's self,
hand-held computer,
hand-held microcomputer,
hand-loomed handwoven,
left-handed pitcher,
right-hand man,
right-handed pitcher,
second-hand speech,
second-hand store,
two-handed backhand,
two-handed saw,
wash-hand basin,
wash-hand stand,
white-handed gibbon,
To lay violent hands on one's self,
hand-schuller-christian disease