1
as in loads
a considerable amount
made buckets of money in the stock market
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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
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
Last year, officers at the Clark Township Police Department came across a bucket of puppies on a freezing night in December.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
This is on vivid display in the chart below, which takes all the simulations from our model and buckets them by popular vote outcome.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Or Brody scooping chum from a bucket off the back of the Orca — the boat owned by Robert Shaw’s maverick shark hunter Quint — when their target rears up out of the Atlantic, razor teeth bared.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
Last year, officers at the Clark Township Police Department came across a bucket of puppies on a freezing night in December.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Verb
The company’s product portfolio can be broadly bucketed into three categories.
—Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
This is on vivid display in the chart below, which takes all the simulations from our model and buckets them by popular vote outcome.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucket
Noun
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An anonymous donor placed the nugget into a Salvation Army kettle during the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign in December 2024.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Apr. 2025
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To do it, the brewers ran hot wort from the kettle down the channel of a split 12-foot section of a pine tree.—
Jonathan Shikes,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The quest for a new goalkeeper came amid Barça scooping a domestic treble yet leaking seven goals to Inter Milan across a two-legged Champions League semifinal defeat last month.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Young scooped the rising star accolade at this year’s Ivor Novello awards following her best pop act nomination at this year’s BRIT Awards.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
18 June 2025
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And beside them, Milford, Weymouth and St. John’s of Shrewsbury also shook off their sub-20 seeding to advance at least once in an all-time showing of parity.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
21 June 2025
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The tragedy shook the small Ohio town — and stunned viewers who remembered the Stockdale family's 2008 appearance on ABC's Wife Swap.—
Christina Coulter,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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Mullen is taking over a winning culture cultivated by former head coach Barry Odom, but the Rebels lost a ton of talent to graduation, especially on the defensive side of the ball.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Outside of Malik Nabers, Brian Thomas Jr, Xavier Worthy, and Ladd McConkey, there are not a ton of big names left.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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For decades, our workers have swept the streets and then put the refuse in bags next to the garbage pails on street corners.—
Peter Madonia,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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Trump set the house on fire and then fetched a single pail of water.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Reheat pulled pork and spoon over grits or polenta, or tuck into pork tacos, Carolina pulled pork sandwiches, or quesadillas al Pastor for a satisfying filling.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
21 June 2025
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Always use the dosing device, such as the cup, syringe, or spoon with measurements provided with the medication.—
T'Keyah Bazin,
Verywell Health,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Then, of course, there were the jerking motions and the cognitive decline.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
5 May 2025
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More often than not, the jerking movements to get free only bring the meal into contact with more points of sticky contact.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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The sudden explosion, fueled by ignition of methane propellant, created a huge fireball, billowing clouds of smoke and brilliant arcs of flaming debris shooting out like burning chunks of lava in a volcanic eruption.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
19 June 2025
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Retail sales, which comprise a sizable chunk of overall spending, dropped sharply last month as car purchases plummeted.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
18 June 2025
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“Bucket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucket. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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