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What Is Another Word for Buckets?

Other words for buckets include pail, banger and jalopy.

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Buckets as a Noun

1

plural of bucket

2

A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.

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3

The amount held in this container.

The horse drank a whole bucket of water.

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4

A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

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5

Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

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6

An old vehicle that is not in good working order.

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7

The basket.

The forward drove to the bucket.

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8

A field goal.

We can't keep giving up easy buckets.

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9

(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.

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10

A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.

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11

(chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.

I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.

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12

A bucket bag.

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13

The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.

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14

The pitcher in certain orchids.

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Buckets as a Verb

1

third-person singular simple present indicative of bucket

2

To place inside a bucket.

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3

To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

to bucket water

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4

To rain heavily.

It’s really bucketing down out there.

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5

To travel very quickly.

The boat is bucketing along.

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6

To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.

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7

To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

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8

To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.

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Buckets in a Sentence

I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.

The horse drank a whole bucket of water.

The forward drove to the bucket.

We can't keep giving up easy buckets.

I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.

to bucket water

It’s really bucketing down out there.

The boat is bucketing along.

Word Forms & Grammar

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Words That Rhyme With Buckets

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Word Facts for Buckets

Part of speechnoun, verb
Meaningplural of bucket
Synonymspail, banger and jalopy

Quick Answers About Buckets

Is buckets a noun or a verb?

Buckets is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.

What is a synonym for buckets as a noun?

As a noun, synonyms for buckets include pail, banger, jalopy and rustbucket.

What is a synonym for buckets as a verb?

As a verb, synonyms for buckets include chuck it down, piss down, rain cats and dogs and book it.

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