Handful
Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌfʊl/
Handful (noun)
- a small number or amount that you can hold in one hand
- a person, often a child, who is difficult to control or manage
Examples
- She added a handful of nuts to the salad.
- A handful of people attended the meeting.
Common collocations: handful of coins, handful of seeds, handful of times, be a handful, quite a handful