to bucket
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3.9
- verb
- /ˈbʌkɪt/
- As Bill's ancient car bucketed along the narrow lane out of Foss Creek, Slim was unusually silent.
Examples
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After filling the bucket with water, she carried it to the garden to water the plants.
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And this is a private pond and, and they give you a bucket to put the fish that you catch in.
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The car bucketed through the uneven terrain.
Fiction book (1998) -
Then we bucketed into an old wringer washer on the back deck where I was able to do laundry outside.
Blog text (20) -
Henry bucketed it up to Len and Rob first, and it slid onto the board and oozed right off the scaffold, dripping on the ground like grainy pudding.
Fiction book (1998) -
He quickly bucketed sand into the container to build a sandcastle on the beach.
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During the cleanup, they bucketed the dirty water from the floor into a large container.
Synonyms
54
1.0
To put things into a bag, for example when shopping
1
4.8
To put things into a large round container to keep or move them
1
3.8
To move something by pushing it on a small cart with one wheel
Idioms
- Informal
15
4.9
A very small amount that does not help with a much larger problem
A joking idea that deleted digital files are gone forever
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
1
9.6
Something very tasty that makes people's mouths water, or a creature that lets liquid run from its mouth
- Specialized
A bucket used to lift mud and sand from the bottom of a river or harbour
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb bucket comes from the noun: it means to put something into a bucket or to carry or pour things using a bucket, so think of the simple action of filling or carrying a 'pail'.