hatful
noun
hatful is a noun meaning “The amount that will fit into a hat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-A-T-F-U-L, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hatful is hatfuls or hatsful.
What does hatful mean?
noun
- 1
The amount that will fit into a hat.
- 2
colloquialA large amount or number.
a hatful of trouble
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hatful
- hatfuls plural
- hatsful plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hatful?
Hatful appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does hatful come from?
From hat + -ful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).