buck·et (b k  t)n. 1. 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 U.S. Customary System equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters). See Table at measurement. 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. Idiom: 1. To move or proceed rapidly and jerkily: bucketing over the unpaved lane. 2. To make haste; hustle. a drop in the bucket An insufficient or inconsequential amount in comparison with what is required. [Middle English, from Old French buket, of Germanic origin.] |
bucket [ˈbʌkɪt]
n
1. an open-topped roughly cylindrical container; pail
2. Also called bucketful the amount a bucket will hold
3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) any of various bucket-like parts of a machine, such as the scoop on a mechanical shovel
4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a cupped blade or bucket-like compartment on the outer circumference of a water wheel, paddle wheel, etc
5. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a unit of storage on a direct-access device from which data can be retrieved
6. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Chiefly US a turbine rotor blade
7. Austral and NZ an ice cream container
kick the bucket Slang to die
vb -kets, -keting, -keted
1. (tr) to carry in or put into a bucket
2. (intr; often foll by down) (of rain) to fall very heavily it bucketed all day
3. (intr; often foll by along) Chiefly Brit to travel or drive fast
4. (tr) Chiefly Brit to ride (a horse) hard without consideration
5. (tr) Austral slang to criticize severely
[from Anglo-French buket, from Old English būc; compare Old High German būh belly, German Bauch belly]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  bucket - a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the topcannikin - 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 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 containerful - the quantity that a container will hold | |
| Verb | 1. | bucket - put into a bucket |
| 2. | bucket - carry in a bucket |
bucket
plural noun
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.
Translations
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
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)
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
bucket shop N (Fin) → agencia f de bolsa fraudulenta (Brit) (for air tickets) → agencia f de viajes que vende barato
bucket [ˈbʌkɪt] n → seau m
to kick the bucket → casser sa pipe
The rain is bucketing down → Il pleut à verse., Il tombe des cordes.
to kick the bucket → casser sa pipe
bucket down
vi (British) to bucket downThe rain is bucketing down → Il pleut à verse., Il tombe des cordes.
bucket
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
bucketwheel
n (Tech) → Schöpfrad nt
bucket [ˈbʌkɪt]
bucket [ˈbʌkɪt]
2. vi (Brit) (fam) the rain is bucketing (down) → piove a catinelle
bucket [ˈbʌkɪt]
2. vi (Brit) (fam) the rain is bucketing (down) → piove a catinelle
n bucket [ˈbakit]
a container for holding water, milk etc We carried water in buckets to the burning house. emmer سَطْل، دَلْو кофа kbelík, vědro spand der Eimer κουβάς cubo ämber سطل sanko seau דְלִי बाल्टी kabao vödör ember secchio バケツ 버킷, 물통, 들통 kibiras spainis timba emmer bøtte, spann wiadro balde găleată ведро džber, vedro vedro kofa ämbar, spann, hink ถัง kova 水桶 відро بالٹی ، ڈول thùng; xô 水桶
bucket → دَلْو kbelík spand Eimer κουβάς balde ämpäri seau kanta secchio バケツ 버킷 emmer bøtte wiadro balde ведро hink ถัง kova cái xô 桶
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