noun
Meaning 1
The amount that can be held in a closed fist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: handful
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fistful
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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fĭst′fo͝ol′
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Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪstˌfʊl/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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New-Zealand: /ˈfəstˌfʊl/
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Scotland: /ˈfɪstˌfʉl/
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India: /ˈfɪsʈˌfʊl/
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rhymes with -ɪstfʊl
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CMU ARPABET: F IH1 S T F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A small number of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: handful
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A blow with the fist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: punch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the quantity that can be held in the hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: handful
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: containerful
History
Etymology
From fist (noun) + -ful.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bashkir: ус (us) — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Catalan: grapat — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Danish: håndfuld — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Esperanto: plenmano — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Esperanto: manpleno — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Galician: puñado — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Galician: presa — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Hungarian: marék — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Ido: pugnedo — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Irish: lán doirn — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Italian: pugno — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Italian: manciata — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Latin: pugillum — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Norwegian Bokmål: neve — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Norwegian Bokmål: håndfull — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Polish: garść — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Portuguese: punhado — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Scottish Gaelic: làn cròige — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Spanish: puñado — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Swedish: näve — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Swedish: nävfull — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Swedish: handfull — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Tày: căm — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Telugu: గుప్పెడు (guppeḍu) — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Ottoman Turkish: آوج (avuc) — the amount that can be held in a closed fist
- Vietnamese: nắm — the amount that can be held in a closed fist