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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

  • (..) Ooh, nice. Gathering toys Formy little boy - Look! Pretty! - Oh! Help! Wh-Wh-Wh-Where's the bucket? Help! Water! Where's the water? Here it is! l got it! Here's water! Here's some water! Help! Where's water? That was close. Maybe we'd better go to bed... before something else happens. (..)
    1940 Pinocchio