noun
bucket
BUH-kiht
noun
1
A round, open container with a handle, used to carry liquids or loose items.
"She filled the bucket with water to wash the car."
2
The amount that such a container holds, or informally, a large quantity of something.
"It rained buckets all weekend."
"He put buckets of effort into the project."
verb
1
To rain very heavily.
"It was bucketing down by the time we reached the car."
How to Use Bucket
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA container for carrying liquids or loose material, or (informally) a large amount of something.
Common pairings
a bucket of water
buckets of rain
kick the bucket
Word Forms
bucketed past tense, buckets plural, buckets singular
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Etymology
From Middle English buket/boket, partly from Old English bucc ("pitcher") and partly from Anglo-Norman buket ("pail"), ultimately traced to a Frankish word for "belly, stomach."