bucket

/'bʌkit/

Definition

Noun:
- A roughly cylindrical open container with a handle: A vessel, typically made of metal or plastic, used for carrying liquids or other materials.
- The quantity held by such a container: The amount of something a bucket can contain.
- (In machinery) A scoop or compartment: A part of a machine, such as a water wheel or excavator, shaped like a container to hold or move material.
Verb:
- To carry or move in a bucket: To transport something using a bucket.
- To put or pour into a bucket: To place something inside a bucket.
- (Informal) To move or travel quickly and often recklessly: To move at high speed, especially in a vehicle.

Usage Examples

Noun:
- She filled the bucket with water from the well.
- We harvested a bucket of apples from the tree.
- The old mill's water wheel had wooden buckets to catch the flowing water.
Verb:
- He had to bucket water from the flooded basement.
- After picking the berries, she bucketed them for washing.
- The car bucketed down the muddy track, splashing through puddles.

Advanced Usage

"A drop in the bucket": A very small or insignificant amount compared to what is needed.
- The donation was generous, but it's just a drop in the bucket for the charity's needs.
"To cry a bucket": To cry a great deal.
- She cried a bucket when her pet ran away.
"Bucket list": A list of experiences or achievements one hopes to have or accomplish during one's lifetime.
- Seeing the Northern Lights is at the top of my bucket list.

Variants and Related Words

Bucketful (n): The amount that fills a bucket.
- He poured a bucketful of sand into the hole.
Bucketing (v, gerund): The act of carrying in or moving like a bucket; also used to describe heavy rain.
- It's bucketing down outside, so take an umbrella.

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Related Phrasal Verbs

Bucket down (phrasal verb): To rain very heavily.
- Take shelter; it's starting to bucket down.
Bucket out (phrasal verb): To remove water or other contents from something by using a bucket.
- We had to bucket out the rainwater that had leaked into the boat.

Related Idioms

"Kick the bucket" (idiom, informal): To die.
- The old saying "kick the bucket" is a humorous euphemism for death.
"Like buckets in a well": Describing an alternating or reciprocating motion.
- The two pistons moved up and down like buckets in a well.

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