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bucket
[buhk-it]
noun
a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
anything resembling or suggesting this.
Machinery.
any of the scoops attached to or forming the endless chain in certain types of conveyors or elevators.
the scoop or clamshell of a steam shovel, power shovel, or dredge.
a vane or blade of a waterwheel, paddle wheel, water turbine, or the like.
(in a dam) a concave surface at the foot of a spillway for deflecting the downward flow of water.
a bucketful.
a bucket of sand.
Basketball.
Informal.field goal.
the part of the keyhole extending from the foul line to the end line.
Bowling.a leave of the two, four, five, and eight pins, or the three, five, six, and nine pins.
verb (used with object)
to lift, carry, or handle in a bucket (often followed by up orout ).
Chiefly British.to ride (a horse) fast and without concern for tiring it.
to handle (orders, transactions, etc.) in or as if in a bucket shop.
verb (used without object)
Informal.to move or drive fast; hurry.
bucket
/ ˈʌɪ /
noun
an open-topped roughly cylindrical container; pail
Also called: bucketful.the amount a bucket will hold
any of various bucket-like parts of a machine, such as the scoop on a mechanical shovel
a cupped blade or bucket-like compartment on the outer circumference of a water wheel, paddle wheel, etc
computing a unit of storage on a direct-access device from which data can be retrieved
a turbine rotor blade
an ice cream container
slangto die
verb
(tr) to carry in or put into a bucket
(of rain) to fall very heavily
it bucketed all day
to travel or drive fast
(tr) to ride (a horse) hard without consideration
slang(tr) to criticize severely
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bucket1
Idioms and Phrases
kick the bucket, to die.
His children were greedily waiting for him to kick the bucket.
drop in the bucket, a small, usually inadequate amount in relation to what is needed or requested.
The grant for research was just a drop in the bucket.
drop the bucket on, to implicate, incriminate, or expose.
Example Sentences
But wildfire experts say that’s just a drop in the bucket.
The chaotic recording sessions featured a bucket of fire and musicians chomping vegetables.
Lopez pauses and watches the kids fill a bucket with sand.
County Sheriff’s Department bucket truck early Wednesday morning while a sheriff’s deputy was precariously positioned high above the ground in the bucket, authorities said.
Whether you choose the mini bucket bag or the Aimée bag, each piece blends charming crochet with polished leather and enameled metal accents — because just like any great summer fling, opposites attract.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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