bucket /bukˈit/

1. A vessel for drawing or holding water, etc
2. One of the compartments on the circumference of a water wheel
3. One of the scoops of a dredging machine
4. A wastepaper bin (informal)
5. A subdivision of a data file, used to locate data (computing)
6. Something shaped like a bucket
7. An ice cream tub (Aust inf)
8. (a glass of) alcoholic drink (Scot inf)
9. A bucketful

To lift in a bucket

1. To drive or ride very hard or bumpily
2. To push forward mercilessly
3. To swindle (archaic)

(of rain) to pour heavily

buckˈetful noun (pl buckˈetfuls)

As much as a bucket will hold

buckˈeting noun

bucket list noun (informal)

A list compiled by someone who is terminally ill of things they would like to do before dying

buckˈetload noun (informal)

A great amount

bucket seat noun

A round-backed, often forward-tipping, seat in a car, aeroplane, etc

bucket shop noun (informal)

1. The office of an unregistered stockbroker, a mere agent for bets on the rise or fall of prices of stock, etc (orig US)
2. Any not wholly reliable agency, eg one dealing in unsold airline tickets

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