About The Word Bucket
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What's The Definition Of Bucket?
[n] a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
[n] the quantity contained in a bucket [v] carry in a bucket [v] put into a bucket Synonyms | Synonyms for Bucket: bucketful | pail Related Terms | Find terms related to Bucket: argosy | bail | bark | barrel | be caught short | be short | belong | boat | bottom | bucketshop | calaboose | can | clink | cooler | craft | cup | decant | deposit margin | dip | dish | dish out | dish up | fly | fork | go long | hasten | highball | hold on | hooker | hoosegow | hulk | hull | hustle | jug | keel | ladle | leviathan | lockup | make a killing | make a scoop | margin up | miss the market | operate | overstay the market | packet | pail | play the market | plunge | pokey | pour | prison | pyramid | run | rush | scalp | scoop | scoop the market | scuttle | ship | shovel | spade | speculate | speed | spoon | stag | stag the market | take a flier | trade on margin | tub | venture | vessel | watercraft | whiz See Also | cannikin | carry | containerful | dinner bucket | dinner pail | dredging bucket | kibble | lay | place | pose | position | put | set | slop jar | slop pail | transport | vessel | water wheel | waterwheel | wine bucket | wine cooler Bucket In Webster's Dictionary \Buck"et\, n. [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn.
buket tub.]
1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for
catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other
liquids.
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The
moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.
--Wordsworth.
2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying
coal, ore, grain, etc.
3. (Mach.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel
into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve;
also, a float of a paddle wheel.
4. The valved piston of a lifting pump.
{Fire bucket}, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires.
{To kick the bucket}, to die. [Low]
\Buck"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bucketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bucketing}.] 1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water. 2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench. 3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly. 4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body. [Eng.] |
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