handful
hand|ful /h'ændfʊl/ (handfuls)
1 [N-SING] usu N of n
A handful of people or things is a small number of them.
He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar...
2 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A handful of something is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand.
She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.
3 [N-SING]
If you say that someone, especially a child, is a handful, you mean that they are difficult to control. (INFORMAL)
Zara can be a handful sometimes.
1 [N-SING] usu N of n
A handful of people or things is a small number of them.
He surveyed the handful of customers at the bar...
2 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A handful of something is the amount of it that you can hold in your hand.
She scooped up a handful of sand and let it trickle through her fingers.
3 [N-SING]
If you say that someone, especially a child, is a handful, you mean that they are difficult to control. (INFORMAL)
Zara can be a handful sometimes.