1
as in scooping
to lift out with something that holds liquid
bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire
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as in shaking
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 bucketing
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.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucketing
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Those beaches that draw so many people to barrier islands are also in a constant state of erosion, waves and tides scooping sand and depositing it down the coast or offshore.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
15 Dec. 2025
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Jameson Tucker scored the only touchdown for the Chanticleers, blocking a punt and scooping it up for a 17-yard score midway through the fourth quarter.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Nov. 2025
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Structure information summary Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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While Bryant was able to come from behind, the Lady Hornets had a hard time shaking off the Lady Warriors.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Your can reuse up to 10 times before emptying and refilling the socks with fresh litter.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
7 Jan. 2026
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Its first season’s defining set piece plunged the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s emergency department into the aftermath of a mass shooting, an act of narrative escalation that felt like the writers’ room emptying its reserves.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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To that point, Olympia shouldn’t be allowed to play the jury the tear-jerking recording of Frank’s final phone call home as the water rose.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Surprise Lining The most tear-jerking moment, however, was kept secret until the very last minute.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Don’t skip spooning off excess grease after cooking the meat.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
31 Dec. 2025
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The episode ends with all of them spooning in bed together.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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ViberAlert is essentially a smart motorcycle seat insert equipped with vibrating actuators that deliver real-time haptic feedback directly to your backside.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Jan. 2026
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The vibrating bristles of this electric version can break up and sweep away plaque more effectively.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
28 Dec. 2025
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Most of the camp was enclosed with an electrified fence, to keep out the Big Men, the massive, shuddering ursids that could not be named (more on that later).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
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With haunted vocal multitracking and big, shuddering beats, the album builds to a climax in which hope and fear are swept into the same rush of human experience.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
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For Lusti, the highwire act has less to do with skiing over exposure that would turn the rest of us into quivering piles of jello and more to do with learning when her time outdoors stops being a refuge and starts being a hiding place.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
10 Dec. 2025
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Those of us without earplugs stupidly massaged our jaws, heads tilted, eyelids quivering, listening to overtones through our teeth.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
28 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Bucketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucketing. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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