bucket seat

American  

noun

1. an individual seat with a rounded or contoured back, as in some automobiles and airplanes, often made to fold forward.

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bucket seat British  

noun

1. a seat in a car, aircraft, etc, having curved sides that partially enclose and support the body

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Etymology

Origin of bucket seat

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Shun the airport for Interstate 5, where no one could see how I fit into my bucket seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

In a film called “Motorcycle,” the viewer, ensconced in a vibrating bucket seat, stuck his or her head into a box, where footage simulating zooming through Brooklyn unspooled.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

My son sits on the bucket seat with his legs outstretched and his two hands on either side of him, gripping the pedals that turn the two wheels.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2018

I’m sitting in the left-hand bucket seat, a yoke in front of me and one arm dangling out of the open side window.

From The Verge • Nov. 11, 2015

I think this, but my body is falling asleep right here in my bucket seat.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King