Usually means: Small quantities grasped by hands.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word HANDFULS:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. handfuls: Merriam-Webster
  2. handfuls: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. handfuls: Collins English Dictionary
  4. handfuls: Vocabulary.com
  5. Handfuls, handfuls: Wordnik
  6. handfuls: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. handfuls: Wiktionary
  8. handfuls: Dictionary.com
  9. handfuls: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. handfuls: FreeDictionary.org
  11. handfuls: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. handfuls: Idioms

(Note: See handful as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (handful)

noun:  The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
noun:  (obsolete) A hand's breadth; four inches.
noun:  A small number, usually approximately five.
noun:  A group or number of things; a bunch.
noun:  (informal) Something which can only be managed with difficulty.
noun:  (slang) A five-year prison sentence.
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