bucketful

American  

[buhk-it-fool] / ˈbʌk ɪtˌfʊl /

noun

• bucketfuls
  plural

1. the amount that a bucket can hold.

   a bucketful of water.

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Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bucketfuls
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bucketful

First recorded in 1555–65; bucket + -ful

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Example Sentences

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bucketful bucketfuls

I have friends who choke down Greek yogurt by the bucketful, who eat handfuls of grilled chicken at a time, who dead lift their own body weight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

The family unearthed bivalves by the bucketful, reaching the most plentiful beaches with their motorized metal dinghy.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 24, 2022

I could eat that garlic rice by the bucketful, same for the bone-in chicken adobo legs and thighs coated in a rich vinegar/soy marinade.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2021

That’s how the Hoosiers wound up at Janko’s Little Zagreb, ordering cheesecake by the bucketful.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2021

Then he took another bucketful and washed the cockpit out, and there was hunger.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

She remembered trailing behind her grandmother cutting roses in her garden, lugging bucketfuls of flowers and inhaling the sweetness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

“My hope is you will resist those bucketfuls of money,” Blumenthal told the Tour witnesses.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2023

For Kummari, the few bucketfuls of water are a blessing.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2016

Instead, it set a terrible precedent as the other free agency darlings now wait for their ridiculous bucketfuls, writes Jeff Passan on Yahoo.com.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2010

Waves broke over the bows, where bucketfuls of water streamed through the flimsy decking.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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