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bucket
[ buhk-it ]
/ ˈbʌk ɪt /
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noun
verb (used with object), buck·et·ed, buck·et·ing.
verb (used without object), buck·et·ed, buck·et·ing.
Informal. to move or drive fast; hurry.
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Idioms about bucket
Origin of bucket
1250–1300; Middle English buket<Anglo-French <Old English bucc (variant of būc vessel, belly; cognate with German Bauch) + Old French -et-et
regional variations of bucket
Though both bucket and pail are used throughout the entire U.S., pail has its greatest use in the Northern U.S., and bucket is more commonly used elsewhere, especially in the Midland and Southern U.S.
Words nearby bucket
buck bean, buckboard, bucked, buckeen, bucker, bucket, bucket about, bucket brigade, bucket conveyor, bucketful, bucket ladder
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British Dictionary definitions for bucket
bucket
/ (ˈbʌkɪt) /
noun
verb -kets, -keting or -keted
Word Origin for bucket
C13: from Anglo-French buket, from Old English būc; compare Old High German būh belly, German Bauch belly
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Other Idioms and Phrases with bucket
bucket
see drop in the bucket; kick the bucket; rain cats and dogs (buckets); weep buckets.
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