Definitions for bucketˈbʌk ɪt

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

buck•etˈbʌk ɪt(n.)

a deep, cylindrical container, usu. of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail.
any of the scoops in certain types of conveyors or elevators. the scoop or clamshell of a steam or power shovel. a vane or blade of a waterwheel, paddle wheel, or the like.
Category: Machinery
(v.t.)to lift, carry, or handle in a bucket (often fol. by up or out).
(v.i.)Chiefly Brit. to move or drive fast.
Category: British

Idioms for bucket:

drop in the bucket,a small, inadequate amount.
Category: Idiom
kick the bucket,Slang. to die.
Category: Idiom, Status (usage)

Origin of bucket:

1250–1300; ME buket < AF < OE bucc, var. of būc vessel, belly

Princeton's WordNet

bucket, pail(noun)
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
bucket, bucketful(verb)
the quantity contained in a bucket
bucket(verb)
put into a bucket
bucket(verb)
carry in a bucket

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

bucket(noun)ˈʌkət
an open-topped container for carrying liquid
a mop and a bucket
bucketˈʌkət
the amount a bucket can hold
5 buckets of water

Wiktionary

bucket(Noun)
A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.
bucket(Noun)
The amount held in this container.
The horse drank a whole bucket of water.
bucket(Noun)
Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket.
bucket(Noun)
An old car that is not in good working order.
bucket(Noun)
The basket.
The forward drove to the bucket.
bucket(Noun)
A field goal.
We can't keep giving up easy buckets.
bucket(Noun)
A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
bucket(Noun)
A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
bucket(Verb)
To place inside a bucket.
bucket(Verb)
To rain heavily.
bucket(Verb)
To travel very quickly.
bucket(Verb)
To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.

Origin: From buket, partly from buket ‘tub, pail’ (compare Jersey , Guernsey ), diminutive of buc ‘abdomen; object with a cavity’, from (compare Occitan/Catalan buc, Italian buco, buca ‘hole, gap’), from ‘belly, stomach’, and partly from bucc (mod. dialectal buck), both from būkaz. More at bouk.

Webster Dictionary

Bucket(noun)
a vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids
Bucket(noun)
a vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc
Bucket(noun)
one of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve; also, a float of a paddle wheel
Bucket(noun)
the valved piston of a lifting pump