Hatful
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The amount that will fit into a hat.
"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."
- 2 as many or as much as a hat will hold wordnet
- 3 A large amount or number. colloquial
"a hatful of trouble"
- 4 (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From hat + -ful.
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