1. A roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
   "He filled the bucket with water from the well";
   - pail
    
2. The quantity contained in a bucket
   "They needed a bucket of paint to finish the job";
   - bucketful
    
3. [informal] A large number or quantity
   "There were a bucket of people at the concert";
   - shedload [Brit, informal], truckload [informal], barrowload [informal], buttload [N. Amer, informal], gob [N. Amer, informal], bucketload [informal], ton [informal]
    
4. (computing) a labelled container for a set of data
   "They stored the log files in separate buckets based on the date"

1. Put into a bucket
   "He bucketed the freshly picked apples"
    
2. Carry in a bucket
   "They bucketed water from the well to the house"
    
3. [Brit, informal] Rain heavily
   "Put on your rain coat— it's raining buckets outside!";
   - pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs [informal], rain buckets [informal], belt down [informal], pelt down [informal], teem [informal], tip [Brit, informal], chuck it down [Brit, informal], chuck [Brit, informal]
    
4. [informal] Move or travel very quickly
   "He bucketed along down the hall to receive his guests";
   - rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, hurry, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal], whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], belt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal]

Derived forms: bucketed, bucketing, buckets

Type of: carry, containerful, go, lay, locomote, move, place, pose, position, put, rain, rain down, set, transport, travel, vessel

Part of: water wheel, waterwheel

Encyclopedia: Bucket