Topic: MEASUREMENT
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hand‧ful
1 [countable]TM an amount that you can hold in your hand
2 a very small number of people or things : There were only a handful of people there.
a handful of something
There were only a handful of people there.3 someone, especially a child, who is a handful is difficult to control : She's a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a handful sometimes.
be a handful
informalShe's a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a handful sometimes.