gutbucket

noun

gut·​buck·​et ˈgət-ˌbə-kət 

1

: barrelhouse sense 2

2

: a homemade bass fiddle consisting of a stick attached to an inverted washtub and having a single string

Examples of gutbucket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This gutbucket music brings out joy, which is something sorely lacking in our world. — Joe Klopus, kansascity, 4 Mar. 2018

Richie convinces Elvis to join him in pursuit of real rock ’n’ roll, opening up a tantalizing vision of an alternate reality where the later Elvis catalog was full of gutbucket rock ’n’ roll. — Gavin Edwards, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for gutbucket

• bucket