Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The amount that a fist can hold.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A handful.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the amount that can be held in a closed fist

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quantity that can be held in the hand

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Examples

  • From www. roughtrade.com, it's called fistful of credits, was released on the 9th of june and is described as an "extremely limited meeting of manchester underground minds. the a side sees skam/vvm artist mild man jan applying skam ish production to mark e smiths vocals. limited to 500 copies"

    FallNews - Hey Peasants! 2000

  • Get a 'fistful' of information on that 'rosy' subject.

    The Freak Network I'm going to Kill You! 2010

  • I heard Kate cry out in pain as her captor grabbed a fistful of her hair, pulling her head sideways, exposing her neck.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • He will want to go on and stop another sap that will shove a fistful of money at him.

    distance in miles from EaglePassTexas to San Miguel de Allende 2009

  • Just in time to get hit with a fistful of crazy by Chuck Grassley, it seems.

    Wonk Room » Sotomayor Hearing Live-Blog, Day 3 2009

  • I heard Kate cry out in pain as her captor grabbed a fistful of her hair, pulling her head sideways, exposing her neck.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • He will want to go on and stop another sap that will shove a fistful of money at him.

    distance in miles from EaglePassTexas to San Miguel de Allende 2009

  • Unsurprisingly, ousted NoW staff took her promises with a fistful of salt.

    Hugh Muir's diary 2011

  • The strategy appears to be in play in the DRM proceeding, with only a fistful of corporate or think thank names appearing among the 700 current submissions.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • He grabbed a fistful of her sleeve and twisted it.

    Locomotion Carol Reid 2011

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