bucket

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Pronunciation
/ˈbʌkɪt/
Noun
13 definition(s)
1 Definition

A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

Example Sentences
  • I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.
2 Definition

The amount held in this container.

Example Sentences
  • The horse drank a whole bucket of water.
3 Definition

A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

4 Definition

Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

5 Definition

An old vehicle that is not in good working order.

6 Definition

The basket.

Example Sentences
  • The forward drove to the bucket.
7 Definition

A field goal.

Example Sentences
  • We can't keep giving up easy buckets.
8 Definition

(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.

9 Definition

A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.

10 Definition

(chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.

Example Sentences
  • I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.
11 Definition

A bucket bag.

12 Definition

The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.

13 Definition

The pitcher in certain orchids.

Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To place inside a bucket.

2 Definition

To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

Example Sentences
  • to bucket water
3 Definition

To rain heavily.

Example Sentences
  • It’s really bucketing down out there.
4 Definition

To travel very quickly.

Example Sentences
  • The boat is bucketing along.
5 Definition

To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.

6 Definition

To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

7 Definition

To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.