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bucket

/ˈbʌkɪt/

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noun

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

Examples :

"I need a bucket to carry the water from the well."

item utensil utility thing

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noun

The amount held in this container.

Examples :

"The horse drank a whole bucket of water."

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A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

Examples :

"The farmer needed four buckets of water to fill the watering trough. "

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Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

Examples :

"The excavator used its large bucket to scoop up the dirt. "

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An old vehicle that is not in good working order.

Examples :

"My uncle's old pickup truck is a bucket; it barely runs anymore. "

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noun

Examples :

"The forward drove to the bucket."

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noun

Examples :

"The quarterback's successful bucket in the final seconds of the game won the match. "

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(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.

Examples :

"The project team used a bucket to prevent assigning unrealistic goals during the budget cuts. "

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A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.

Examples :

"The database program uses a bucket for each student's ID number in the student records. "

computing technical structure

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noun

(chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.

Examples :

"I was so nervous that I sweated buckets."

amount substance

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noun

A bucket bag.

Examples :

"My daughter brought her new bucket bag to school today. "

style wear item

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The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.

Examples :

"The coach kept his riding whip's leather bucket securely fastened to his saddle. "

utensil vehicle military

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The pitcher in certain orchids.

Examples :

"The botanist carefully examined the orchid's bucket, noting its unique shape. "

plant part biology

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verb

To place inside a bucket.

Examples :

"She carefully bucketted the dirty water from the overflowing sink. "

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verb

To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

Examples :

"to bucket water"

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To rain heavily.

Examples :

"It’s really bucketing down out there."

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To travel very quickly.

Examples :

"The boat is bucketing along."

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To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.

Examples :

"The teacher bucketed the students' science projects into categories: "Animal Adaptations," "Plant Growth," and "Natural Disasters." "

computing statistics business technology

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To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

Examples :

"The farmer bucketed his horse, making it run as fast as it could to get to the market on time. "

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To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.

Examples :

"The student tried to bucket the ball, but missed it completely. "