hatful
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
hatful (plural hatfuls or hatsful)
- The amount that will fit into a hat.
- 2013, Ben Hewitt, Saved: How I Quit Worrying about Money and Became the Richest Guy in the World:
- It was not quite enough time to tackle the wood-fired bathtub contraption, but it was plenty enough to motor up a long, winding hill to the north, where almost a year before we'd found hatfuls and shirtfuls of morel mushrooms with Erik's friend Breakfast.
- (colloquial) A large amount or number.
- a hatful of trouble
- a hatful of money
Translations[edit]
amount that will fit into a hat
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Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hatful
- Alternative form of hateful