ALL meanings of kick the bucket
kick the buck·et
K k - verbal expression kick the bucket die 1
- noun kick the 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 kick the bucket anything resembling or suggesting this. 1
- noun kick the 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 kick the bucket (in a dam) a concave surface at the foot of a spillway for deflecting the downward flow of water. 1
- noun kick the bucket a bucketful: a bucket of sand. 1
- noun kick the bucket Basketball. Informal. field goal. the part of the keyhole extending from the foul line to the end line. 1
- noun kick the bucket bucket seat. 1
- noun kick the bucket Bowling. a leave of the two, four, five, and eight pins, or the three, five, six, and nine pins. 1
- verb with object kick the bucket to lift, carry, or handle in a bucket (often followed by up or out). 1
- verb with object kick the bucket Chiefly British. to ride (a horse) fast and without concern for tiring it. 1
- verb with object kick the bucket to handle (orders, transactions, etc.) in or as if in a bucket shop. 1
- verb without object kick the bucket Informal. to move or drive fast; hurry. 1
- idioms 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. 1
- idioms kick the bucket drop the bucket on, Australian Slang. to implicate, incriminate, or expose. 1
- idioms kick the bucket kick the bucket, Slang. to die: His children were greedily waiting for him to kick the bucket. 1
- noun kick the bucket to die 0
- verb kick the bucket (Idiomatic) (euphemistic, colloquial) To die. 0
- verb kick the bucket (Idiomatic) COL Of a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired. 0