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bucket
 
SYLLABICATION:buck·et
PRONUNCIATION:  bkt
NOUN:1a. A cylindrical vessel used for holding or carrying liquids or solids; a pail. b. The amount that a bucket can hold: One bucket of paint will be enough for the ceiling. 2. A unit of dry measure in the U.S. Customary System equal to 2 pecks (17.6 liters). See table at measurement. 3. A receptacle on various machines, such as the scoop of a power shovel or the compartments on a water wheel, used to gather and convey material. 4. Basketball A basket.
VERB:Inflected forms: buck·et·ed, buck·et·ing, buck·ets
TRANSITIVE VERB:1. To hold, carry, or put in a bucket: bucket up water from a well. 2. To ride (a horse) long and hard.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:1. To move or proceed rapidly and jerkily: bucketing over the unpaved lane. 2. To make haste; hustle.
IDIOM:a drop in the bucket An insufficient or inconsequential amount in comparison with what is required.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French buket, of Germanic origin.
 
 
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