bucket
noun
a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
was bucketing
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past progressiveof bucket.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I arrived in the morning that day, and I remember it was bucketing down.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
The rain was bucketing down and a chill north-wester howled up the narrow passage leading from the main street to the tiny entry.
From Jack O' Judgment by Edgar Wallace
