handful
Definitions
A quantity that fills the hand.
A small number or amount.
A person or thing that is difficult to manage or control.
Examples
She picked up a handful of sand and let it slip through her fingers.
Only a handful of people attended the meeting due to the heavy rain.
The toddler clutched a handful of colorful crayons in his small fist.
Synonyms
smattering few sprinkling small number pinch driblet scattering