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noun

ˈbə-kət How to pronounce bucket (audio)
Definition of bucketnext
1
as in loads
a considerable amount made buckets of money in the stock market

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2
as in kettle
a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle carried water from the well in a bucket

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bucket

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verb

1
as in to scoop
to lift out with something that holds liquid bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire

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2
as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging

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Recent Examples of bucket
Noun
VVideo shared with ARTnews showed water pooling on the floor as staff put buckets under leaks, though the museum said no artworks were damaged. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026 In college at East Carolina, the opposition put their machine on a bucket, hoping to mimic the righty’s high release point. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Verb
All sorts of ideas for Halloween pet attire are out there, including an online photo of a dog dressed as a mop sitting in one of those yellow janitor buckets with wheels. — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025 Six months later, the internship — some of which bore all the glamour of scrubbing bird poop and bucketing hundreds of pounds of fish as dolphin food — developed into a full-time gig as a trainer. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bucket
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucket
  1. loads
  2. kettle
  3. scoop
  4. shake
  5. ton
  6. pail
  7. spoon
  8. jerk
Noun
  • Transformers require specialized vehicles and heavy-duty trailers capable of carrying oversized loads.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • Flawless routines and loads of amenities were once seen as the ultimate pillars of hospitality.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • There were three rice cookers and three electric kettles on a long white counter by a deep sink and a dish rack.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • Featuring a classic gold-tone knob and black handle, Le Creuset’s elevated tea kettle is now under $75 in the retiring olive color.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2026
Definition of kettle
Verb
  • When the rescue boat reaches the animal, one person leans towards the water to scoop it up.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
  • The East Palo Alto Police Department posted a separate video from the rescue that shows the dog swimming furiously with seagulls circling overhead and firefighters scooping him out of the murky water and swaddling him in towels.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of scoop
Verb
  • Penta went for a Mexican Destroyer on the apron, but Rusev shook him off as the heels took control.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Keegan was not interested in being figurehead or a legend in the executive boxes, shaking hands and reminiscing about the old days.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of shake
Noun
  • The Scardovari lagoon reported annual harvests down from 4,800 tons to 340 tons since 2023.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Capacity reached roughly 77 million tons a year by the early 2010s, and for most of the following decade Qatar was the world's largest LNG exporter, a position the United States and Australia now rival.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of ton
Noun
  • The popcorn pail, topped with a replica of the giant sandworms of planet Arrakis, made customers reach their hands through the sandworm's teeth to dish out popcorn from inside.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Chekhov learned later that soldiers with pails always appeared at this time in the morning, fetching water for the officers.
    — Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of pail
Verb
  • Spread it over a warm biscuit, spoon it onto vanilla ice cream or brush it over roasted chicken as a sweet-tart glaze.
    — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 10 July 2026
  • Divide the chicken mixture in half and spoon over the lettuce.
    — Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 8 July 2026
Definition of spoon
Verb
  • Watching their relationship devolve (never more so than when their sperm donor, a rakish, motorcycle-driving restaurant owner played by Mark Ruffalo, enters the scene) is most definitely a tear-jerking experience, as is the film’s final scene.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026
  • Some were petty — like Reese committing a foul against Clark, then jerking her head back, impersonating Clark as a flopper.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 27 June 2026
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