bucketload

noun

buck·​et·​load ˈbə-kət-ˌlōd How to pronounce bucketload (audio)
plural bucketloads
1
: a quantity that fills a bucket : bucketful
a bucketload of water
2
informal : a very large amount
The Spooky Season may be associated with scary movies and scoring candy by the bucketloadJack Beresford
… lovable bad boys, which it seemed to produce by the bucketload.Jon Fine
often used in plural
Growing up in the rural South, summer meant bucketloads of fresh vegetables.Alicia Ross
… did people expect to make bucketloads of money off independent movies back then?Anne Stockwell

Examples of bucketload in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Filmmakers have been going to that well since there was film to make, and the world never has to wait long for a new bucketload to be drawn up from it. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024 And because no taproom can exist without a bucketload of hops these days, Match Point pours IPAs like Gilman Brewing’s Bad Tattoo and Epidemic Ales’ Pineapple Upside Down Cake. John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024 Silver Talon boast a trio of six-string virtuosos to deliver them by the bucketload. Brad Sanders, Chron, 21 Mar. 2023 Currently, bucketloads of the buoyant algae are washing up on beaches on the eastern coast of Florida earlier in the year than usual, raising scientists’ concerns for what coming months will bring. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2023 Investors, by now desperate for signs of an easing of pandemic restrictions, gobbled up the rumor by the bucketload. Mary Hui, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bucketload was in 1842

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“Bucketload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bucketload. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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