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buck·et

(bŭk′ĭt)

a. A cylindrical vessel used for holding or carrying liquids or solids; a pail.

b. The amount that a bucket can hold: One bucket of paint will be enough for the ceiling.

2. A unit of dry measure in the US Customary System equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters).

3. A receptacle on various machines, such as the scoop of a power shovel or the compartments on a water wheel, used to gather and convey material.

4. Basketball A basket.

v. buck·et·ed, buck·et·ing, buck·ets

v.tr.

1. To hold, carry, or put in a bucket: bucket up water from a well.

2. To ride (a horse) long and hard.

v.intr.

1. To move or proceed rapidly and jerkily: bucketing over the unpaved lane.

2. To make haste; hustle.

Idiom:

a drop in the bucket

An insufficient or inconsequential amount in comparison with what is required.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman buket, from Frankish *būk, belly, hollow thing, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (also the source of German Bauch, belly), perhaps ultimately of imitative origin (suggesting the notion of inflation or distension).]

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bucket

(ˈbʌkɪt)

1. an open-topped roughly cylindrical container; pail

2. Also called: bucketful the amount a bucket will hold

3. (Mechanical Engineering) any of various bucket-like parts of a machine, such as the scoop on a mechanical shovel

4. (Mechanical Engineering) a cupped blade or bucket-like compartment on the outer circumference of a water wheel, paddle wheel, etc

5. (Computer Science) computing a unit of storage on a direct-access device from which data can be retrieved

6. (Mechanical Engineering) chiefly US a turbine rotor blade

7. Austral and NZ an ice cream container

8. kick the bucket slang to die

vb, -kets, -keting or -keted

9. (tr) to carry in or put into a bucket

10. (often foll by: down) (of rain) to fall very heavily: it bucketed all day.

11. chiefly (often foll by: along) Brit to travel or drive fast

12. (tr) chiefly Brit to ride (a horse) hard without consideration

13. (tr) slang Austral to criticize severely

[C13: from Anglo-French buket, from Old English būc; compare Old High German būh belly, German Bauch belly]

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buck•et

(ˈbʌk ɪt)
n.

1. a deep, cylindrical container, usu. of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail.

a. any of the scoops in certain types of conveyors or elevators.

b. the scoop or clamshell of a steam or power shovel.

c. a vane or blade of a waterwheel, paddle wheel, or the like.

v.t.

3. to lift, carry, or handle in a bucket (often fol. by up or out).

v.i.

4. Chiefly Brit. to move or drive fast.

Idioms:

1. drop in the bucket, a small, inadequate amount.

2. kick the bucket, Slang. to die.

[1250–1300; Middle English buket < Anglo-French < Old English bucc, variant of būc vessel, belly]

bucket

Past participle: bucketed
Gerund: bucketing

Imperative
bucket
bucket

Present
I bucket
you bucket
he/she/it buckets
we bucket
you bucket
they bucket

Preterite
I bucketed
you bucketed
he/she/it bucketed
we bucketed
you bucketed
they bucketed

Present Continuous
I am bucketing
you are bucketing
he/she/it is bucketing
we are bucketing
you are bucketing
they are bucketing

Present Perfect
I have bucketed
you have bucketed
he/she/it has bucketed
we have bucketed
you have bucketed
they have bucketed

Past Continuous
I was bucketing
you were bucketing
he/she/it was bucketing
we were bucketing
you were bucketing
they were bucketing

Past Perfect
I had bucketed
you had bucketed
he/she/it had bucketed
we had bucketed
you had bucketed
they had bucketed

Future
I will bucket
you will bucket
he/she/it will bucket
we will bucket
you will bucket
they will bucket

Future Perfect
I will have bucketed
you will have bucketed
he/she/it will have bucketed
we will have bucketed
you will have bucketed
they will have bucketed

Future Continuous
I will be bucketing
you will be bucketing
he/she/it will be bucketing
we will be bucketing
you will be bucketing
they will be bucketing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bucketing
you have been bucketing
he/she/it has been bucketing
we have been bucketing
you have been bucketing
they have been bucketing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bucketing
you will have been bucketing
he/she/it will have been bucketing
we will have been bucketing
you will have been bucketing
they will have been bucketing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bucketing
you had been bucketing
he/she/it had been bucketing
we had been bucketing
you had been bucketing
they had been bucketing

Conditional
I would bucket
you would bucket
he/she/it would bucket
we would bucket
you would bucket
they would bucket

Past Conditional
I would have bucketed
you would have bucketed
he/she/it would have bucketed
we would have bucketed
you would have bucketed
they would have bucketed

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Noun	1.	bucket - a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top pail cannikin - a wooden bucket dinner bucket, dinner pail - a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner dredging bucket - a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed kibble - an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining slop jar, slop pail - a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids) water wheel, waterwheel - a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine wine bucket, wine cooler - a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine
	2.	bucket - the quantity contained in a bucket bucketful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
Verb	1.	bucket - put into a bucket lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
	2.	bucket - carry in a bucket carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"

bucket

noun

1. pail, container, pitcher, scuttle We drew water in a bucket from a well outside the door.

plural noun

1. loads, floods, oceans He was weeping buckets.

verb (often with down) pour down, rain heavily, lash down, pelt down, come down in torrents, teem down, torrent As soon as we were inside, the rain began to bucket down.

kick the bucket die, expire, perish, pass away, buy it (U.S. slang), check out (U.S. slang), kick it (slang), croak (slang), give up the ghost, go belly-up (slang), snuff it (slang), peg out (informal), buy the farm (U.S. slang), peg it (informal), decease, cark it (Austral. & N.Z. slang), pop your clogs (informal), breathe your last, hop the twig (slang) I don't plan on kicking the bucket for another thirty years.

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bucket

verb

To move swiftly:

bolt, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.

Informal: hotfoot, rip.

Slang: barrel, highball.

Chiefly British: nip.

Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.

Translations

دَلْوسَطْل، دَلْو

kbelíkkýblvědro

spand

Eimer Schaufel durchrütteln

κουβάς σακαράκα

sitelo

cubo balde cubeta pozal tobo

ämberpang

ämpäriämpärillinenkauhakotterosangollinen

seau seille bac baquet benne

kabaokanta

vedervödör

fata

secchio benna bugliolo piovere a dirotto scomparto

バケツ

버킷

hamasitula

kibiras

spainis

emmer plenzenrammelkarvlammen

bøtte spann

wiadro

balde

ведро ковш ковшовый бадья

vedro

hink

ndoo

ถัง

kova

xô

桶水桶

bucket

[ˈbʌkɪt]

A. N → cubo m, balde m (LAm); (child's) → cubito m; [of waterwheel etc] → cangilón m
a bucket of water → un cubo or (LAm) un balde de agua
to rain buckets → llover a cántaros
to weep buckets → llorar a mares
see also kick B1

B. VI

1. (= hurtle) → ir a toda velocidad, ir a toda pastilla (Sp)

2. the rain is bucketing down it's bucketing (down) → está lloviendo a cántaros

C. CPD bucket seat N → asiento m envolvente
bucket shop N (Fin) → agencia f de bolsa fraudulenta (Brit) (for air tickets) → agencia f de viajes que vende barato

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bucket

[ˈbʌkɪt] n → seau m
to kick the bucket → casser sa pipe

bucket down

vi (British) to bucket down
The rain is bucketing down → Il pleut à verse., Il tombe des cordes.

bucket

n (also of dredger, grain elevator) → Eimer m; (of excavator, water wheel) → Schaufel f; a bucket of water → ein Eimer m → Wasser; to weep or cry buckets (inf) → wie ein Schlosshund heulen (inf); it’s coming down in buckets (US inf) → es gießt or schüttet wie aus or mit Kübeln (inf) ? kick, drop

vi (Brit inf) it’s bucketing!, the rain is bucketing (down)! → es gießt or schüttet wie aus or mit Kübeln (inf)

bucket

bucket seat

n → Schalensitz m

bucket shop

n (Fin) → unreelle Maklerfirma, Schwindelmakler m; (= travel agency) → Agentur f → für Billigreisen

bucketwheel

n (Tech) → Schöpfrad nt

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bucket

[ˈbʌkɪt]

1. n → secchio; (large) → secchia

2. vi (Brit) (fam) the rain is bucketing (down) → piove a catinelle

bucket

(ˈbakit) noun

a container for holding water, milk etc. We carried water in buckets to the burning house.

bucket

→ دَلْو kbelík spand Eimer κουβάς balde, cubo ämpäri seau kanta secchio バケツ 버킷 emmer bøtte wiadro balde ведро hink ถัง kova xô 桶

bucket

n. cubeta, cubo, balde.

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Bucket is a detective officer, Snagsby," says the lawyer in explanation.

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By the time this cautious search is over, a stout iron-bound bucket, precisely like a well-bucket, has been attached to one end of the whip; while the other end, being stretched across the deck, is there held by two or three alert hands.

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There was not litter enough, when she had swept the floors and cleaned the grates, to even half fill the housemaid's bucket which she carried with her.

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From the mast of the unfortunate vessel was seen a signal, "Water, water; we die of thirst!" The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back, "Cast down your bucket where you are." A second time the signal, "Water, water; send us water!" ran up from the distressed vessel, and was answered, "Cast down your bucket where you are." And a third and fourth signal for water was answered, "Cast down your bucket where you are." The captain of the distressed vessel, at last heading the injunction, cast down his bucket, and it came up full of fresh, sparkling water from the mouth of the Amazon River.

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The mouth of that mine goes right into the face of the cliff, and they used to put us in a bucket and run us over on a trolley and shoot us into the shaft.

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Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush.

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Forty year ago, you had only to let down the bucket till the first knot in the rope was free of the windlass, and you heard it splashing in the cold dull water.

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On the evening of the 9th of November in 1878, at about nine o'clock, young Charles Ashmore left the family circle about the hearth, took a tin bucket and started toward the spring.

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But as I descended the companion stairs to clear the table I heard him shriek as the first bucket of water struck him.

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In this manner, they passed the buckets to fill the scuttle-butt.

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"I'll just ask this guileless peasant, with his brace of buckets that contain (apparently) water, if he'll be so kind as to direct us.

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I pulled up three or four of the bottom boards, got a couple of buckets from a locker, and by unmistakable sign-language invited them to fall to.

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