fistful
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Noun[edit]
fistful (plural fistfuls or fistsful)
- The amount that can be held in a closed fist.
- Synonym: handful
- (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.
- A blow with the fist.
- Synonym: punch
Translations[edit]
the amount that can be held in a closed fist
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