fistful

English

Etymology

From fist +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪstfʊl/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

fistful (plural fistfuls or fistsful)

1. The amount that can be held in a closed fist.

   Synonym: handful

2. (by extension) A small number of something.

   Synonym: handful

   • 1967 June 9, “Nation: A Comer Arrives”, in Time‎^[1]:

     At Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, he survived to pilot Navy reconnaissance planes again and pick up a fistful of medals, from the Purple Heart to the Distinguished Flying Cross.

3. A blow with the fist.

   Synonym: punch

Translations

the amount that can be held in a closed fist

• Bashkir: ус (us)
• Catalan: punyat (ca) m
• Danish: håndfuld c
• Galician: puñado m, presa (gl) f
• Hungarian: marék (hu)
• Ido: pugnedo (io)
• Irish: lán doirn m
• Italian: pugno (it) m, manciata (it) f
• Latin: pugillum n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: neve (no) m, håndfull m

• Polish: garść (pl) f
• Portuguese: punhado (pt) m
• Scottish Gaelic: làn cròige f
• Spanish: puñado (es) m
• Swedish: näve (sv), nävfull, handfull (sv)
• Telugu: గుప్పెడు (te) (guppeḍu)
• Tày: căm
• Vietnamese: nắm (vi)

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