bucket out

buck·et out

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Definitions of bucket out words

verb bucket out to empty out with or as if with a bucket 3
noun bucket out 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. 1
noun bucket out anything resembling or suggesting this. 1
noun bucket out 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. 1
noun bucket out (in a dam) a concave surface at the foot of a spillway for deflecting the downward flow of water. 1
noun bucket out a bucketful: a bucket of sand. 1

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

1250-1300; Middle English buket < Anglo-French < Old English bucc (variant of būc vessel, belly; cognate with German Bauch) + Old French -et -et

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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