flockful

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noun

The amount that constitutes a flock (of birds, people etc.).

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Meanings

nounflockful (plural flockfuls)

plural flockfuls

  1. The amount that constitutes a flock (of birds, people etc.).

    A flockful of late-season tourists, animated and colorful, buzzing and warm, laden and anticipatory, was waiting to board the steamer or had just come out of it.

    1971, Everett S. Allen, This Quiet Place: A Cape Cod Chronicle, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 250

Origin

From flock + -ful.

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APA

flockful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flockful

MLA

“flockful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flockful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flockful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flockful.

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