English Dictionary

footful

noun

An amount that can be picked up by one foot. / A quantity (of something) that covers the foot. / The amount of pressure that can be exerted by pressing with one foot.

He collected a footful of seashells on the beach.

意味（1）

An amount that can be picked up by one foot.

Mrs. Terrapin, having selected a place to her liking, moistens the hard clay, then alternately with the sharp claws of her hind feet, begins scraping out a hole about two inches across, lifting the moist earth, footful after footful.

意味（2）

A quantity (of something) that covers the foot.

I well remember, in school on a winter's day, looking up and observing some boy or girl, with painful grimaces, surreptitiously caressing a footful of empurpled chilblains.

意味（3）

The amount of pressure that can be exerted by pressing with one foot.

A fast getaway with a real footful of throttle causes fierce wheelspin and decided judder from the rear axle, ...

意味（4）

A complete set of toes for one foot.

Then I lifted out my leg with a fine footful of toes

意味（5）

(humorous) A small number, about five.

One of the feetful of marathons that are a study of efficiency, Berlin also boasts supportive crowds and tremendous excitement.

意味（6）

(humorous) As much as one can handle, especially of something handled with one's feet.

'Ah've just about had a bellyful of you.' 'An' Ah've had a footful of you, friend.'