Bucket

Quick meaning: Bucket is a noun meaning A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. The amount held in this container.
2. (informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
3. (informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
4. (UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
5. Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
6. (MTE, slang, derogatory) Someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
7. (slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.

Example Sentences

We had buckets of fun.

It rained buckets yesterday.

My new suit cost me buckets.

The forward drove to the bucket.

Word Forms

• buckets
• bucketing
• bucketed

Synonyms for bucket

Depending on context, synonyms include hurtle, shoot, speed, whizz, pail, scoop.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pail, bucketful, tub, basin, boiler, spade.

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