bucket

Definition

  • noun: an open container with a handle that is used especially to hold and carry water and other liquids
  • noun: a typically cylindrical vessel for catching, holding, or carrying liquids or solids
  • verb: to draw or lift in 'buckets'
  • synonyms: <er>bucketfull</er, drench, draw

Examples

  • They need to raise thousands of dollars for this project, so our 20-dollar donation is just 'a drop in the bucket'.

  • It's raining 'buckets'. = The rain is coming down 'in buckets'. [=it's raining very hard]

  • The rain is really 'bucketing down'. = It's 'bucketing down'. [=it's pouring]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Okay, well, if that... Bored, bored, bored. (WHISTLING) (SIGHS) So, how was your commute? (HI-PITCHED VOICE) Oh, I took the bucket. Me, too. Real backed up. Oh, yeah. (SCOFFS) You hear about Steve and Gloria? What? I hear they're an item. (..)
    2016 Storks
  • (..) Yeah. Until now. She's helping us achieve our dreams. - That's right, Dougland. - You know it. It is still a personal victory if you use the bucket. (BUCKET CREAKING) Okay, we'll all not use the bucket! Wait, what? Ha-ha! Tulip doesn't fit in. We're all the same and she's a weirdo. (..)
    2016 Storks