The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
You tell me the velocity of a baseball as it leaves Derek Jeter's bat, and I can use the laws of physics to calculate where it will land a handful of seconds later.
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(obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.
Those twins are a real handful to look after.
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A small number, usually approximately five.
Many times dogs are surrendered for reasons such as changes in the family unit, a death in the family, no time to care for a dog, or because that cute little puppy is now a 100 lb untrained handful.
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