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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

  • (..) Yeah. Oh, shit. By the way, not all the time, but sometimes this chick's cooch can get drier than a bucket of sand. If she dry, lube up with this and you'll be good to go. Oh, yeah. Oh, God damn. You are the best-looking girl (..)
    2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1