glassful
noun
an amount contained by or sufficient to fill a glass or tumbler.
glassfuls
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pluralof glassful.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He chugged down glassfuls of raw eggs like Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky” and ran across town and back like a prizefighter in training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
I had never seen anything like those large glassfuls before.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2012
Refusing any sustenance except a few daily glassfuls of Gangajal-water from the Ganges-Sharma quickly lost 15 Ibs. in the first week, soon was unable to sit up.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was "as if you dashed glassfuls of water into a forest fire."
From Time Magazine Archive
A delicate, child-like young woman drew out a bottle and swallowed whole glassfuls of what I took to be milk, until the scent of pulque, the native beverage, suddenly reached my nostrils.
From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Harry Alverson Franck
