Definition of Bucket

1. Verb. Put into a bucket.

Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set

2. Noun. A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top.
Exact synonyms: Pail
Specialized synonyms: Cannikin, Dinner Bucket, Dinner Pail, Dredging Bucket, Kibble, Slop Jar, Slop Pail, Wine Bucket, Wine Cooler
Generic synonyms: Vessel
Group relationships: Water Wheel, Waterwheel

3. Verb. Carry in a bucket.
Generic synonyms: Carry, Transport

4. Noun. The quantity contained in a bucket.
Exact synonyms: Bucketful
Generic synonyms: Containerful

Definition of Bucket

1. n. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.

2. v. t. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water.

Definition of Bucket

1. Noun. A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items. ¹

2. Noun. The amount held in this container. ¹

3. Noun. Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a '''bucket'''. ¹

4. Noun. (slang) An old car that is not in good working order. ¹

5. Noun. (basketball informal) The basket. ¹

6. Noun. (basketball informal) A field goal. ¹

7. Noun. (context: variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement. ¹

8. Noun. (computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To place inside a '''bucket.''' ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive) (informal) To rain heavily. ¹

11. Verb. (intransitive) (informal) To travel very quickly. ¹

12. Verb. (computing transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bucket

1. to hurry [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: hurry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bucket

buckboard
buckboards
buckbrush
buckbrushes
bucked
bucked for
bucked off
bucked shins
bucked up(p)
buckeen
buckeens
bucker
buckeroo
buckeroos
buckers
bucket (current term)
bucket-handle incision
bucket-handle tear
bucket along
bucket bong
bucket bongs
bucket brigade
bucket chemistry
bucket down
bucket hat
bucket list
bucket lists
bucket naked
bucket seat

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