ALL meanings of bucket
buck·et
B b - countable noun bucket A bucket is a round metal or plastic container with a handle attached to its sides. Buckets are often used for holding and carrying water. 3
- countable noun bucket A bucket of water is the amount of water contained in a bucket. 3
- quantifier bucket Buckets or bucket-loads of something means a large amount of it. 3
- noun plural bucket If someone cries buckets, they cry a lot because they are very upset. If it rains buckets, it rains a lot. 3
- noun bucket an open-topped roughly cylindrical container; pail 3
- noun bucket the amount a bucket will hold 3
- noun bucket any of various bucket-like parts of a machine, such as the scoop on a mechanical shovel 3
- noun bucket a cupped blade or bucket-like compartment on the outer circumference of a water wheel, paddle wheel, etc 3
- noun bucket a unit of storage on a direct-access device from which data can be retrieved 3
- noun bucket a turbine rotor blade 3
- noun bucket an ice cream container 3
- verb bucket to carry in or put into a bucket 3
- verb bucket (of rain) to fall very heavily 3
- verb bucket to travel or drive fast 3
- verb bucket to ride (a horse) hard without consideration 3
- verb bucket to criticize severely 3
- noun bucket a deep, round container with a flat bottom and a curved handle, used to hold or carry water, coal, etc.; pail 3
- noun bucket the amount held by a bucket 3
- noun bucket a thing like a bucket, as a scoop on a steam shovel, any of the cups on a water wheel, or any of the curved vanes in the rotor of a turbine 3
- noun bucket the rump; buttocks 3
- verb transitive bucket to carry, draw, or lift (water, etc.) in a bucket or buckets 3
- verb transitive bucket to speculate (with) dishonestly as in a bucket shop 3
- verb transitive bucket to ride (a horse) at a fast pace 3
- verb transitive bucket to move or drive rapidly or recklessly 3
- noun bucket 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 container for liquid 1
- noun bucket anything resembling or suggesting this. 1
- noun bucket scoop on tractor, digger 1
- noun bucket 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 amount one bucket holds 1
- noun bucket (in a dam) a concave surface at the foot of a spillway for deflecting the downward flow of water. 1
- noun bucket rotor blade 1
- noun bucket a bucketful: a bucket of sand. 1
- noun bucket container for ice cream 1
- noun bucket Basketball. Informal. field goal. the part of the keyhole extending from the foul line to the end line. 1
- intransitive verb bucket travel quickly 1
- noun bucket bucket seat. 1
- transitive verb bucket put sth in bucket 1
- noun bucket Bowling. a leave of the two, four, five, and eight pins, or the three, five, six, and nine pins. 1
- transitive verb bucket criticize harshly 1
- verb with object bucket to lift, carry, or handle in a bucket (often followed by up or out). 1
- verb with object bucket Chiefly British. to ride (a horse) fast and without concern for tiring it. 1
- verb with object bucket to handle (orders, transactions, etc.) in or as if in a bucket shop. 1
- verb without object bucket Informal. to move or drive fast; hurry. 1
- idioms 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. 1
- idioms bucket drop the bucket on, Australian Slang. to implicate, incriminate, or expose. 1
- idioms bucket kick the bucket, Slang. to die: His children were greedily waiting for him to kick the bucket. 1
- noun bucket A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items. 0
- noun bucket The amount held in this container. 0
- noun bucket (Britain, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons. 0