thimbleful

[ thim-buh l-foo l ]

/ ˈθɪm bəlˌfʊl /

noun, plural thim·ble·fuls.

the amount that a thimble will hold.

a small quantity, especially of liquid.

Nearby words

thigmotropism, thilk, thill, thimble, thimbleberry, thimbleful, thimblerig, thimbleweed, thimblewit, thimbu, thimerosal

Origin of thimbleful

First recorded in 1600–10; thimble + -ful

Usage note

See -ful.

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Examples from the Web for thimbleful

Even more important, I got in my thimbleful of quality time with the man himself.
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He tossed off a thimbleful of the purple wine with a flourish.
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A grass-seed and a thimbleful of soil set all the sciences at nought.
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He poured himself out about a thimbleful of the potent spirit and drank it off.
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Cain't I take a thimbleful now'n then without all this jawin'?
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British Dictionary definitions for thimbleful

thimbleful

/ (ˈθɪmbəlˌfʊl) /

noun

a very small amount, esp of a liquid

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