1
as in loads
a considerable amount
made buckets of money in the stock market
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1
as in to scoop
to lift out with something that holds liquid
bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire
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2
as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging
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Recent Examples of bucket
Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 25 July 2025
There were two sections in the same bucket — one for urinating and one for defecating.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
This is on vivid display in the chart below, which takes all the simulations from our model and buckets them by popular vote outcome.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
After a Mercury bucket, Leonie Fiebich essentially scored the dagger — a 24-footer that put the Liberty up 16 at the 5:43 mark.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 25 July 2025
There were two sections in the same bucket — one for urinating and one for defecating.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
Verb
The company’s product portfolio can be broadly bucketed into three categories.
—Stockstory Team, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
This is on vivid display in the chart below, which takes all the simulations from our model and buckets them by popular vote outcome.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucket
Noun
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Some folks get fancy and use electric kettles for pastas, and others sneak illicit hot plates into their dorms.—
Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
27 July 2025
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Put aside the lid and use the kettle as a vessel for fresh-cut flowers.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
17 July 2025
Verb
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Want scoop on Ahsoka, or for any other Star Wars TV show?—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 July 2025
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Shasta Lake remained open for recreation; boaters were warned to stay out of the way of firefighting aircraft scooping water from the reservoir.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
16 July 2025
Verb
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The two men appeared to shake hands before parting ways.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
28 July 2025
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Accompanied by her brother-in-law, Sen. Edward Kennedy, the former first lady was seen at N.Y.C.'s 21 Club — shaking hands with other frequenters.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
28 July 2025
Noun
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An ideal tennis bag for players who need to carry a ton of gear or like to tote the entire family’s worth of rackets, the Wilson Shift Super Tour 9 is a great option.—
Will Porter,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
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While opting for the white colorway will offer coastal appeal, like the brand’s Loire headboard, this one has tons of fabric options to personalize its design to match your aesthetic.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
14 July 2025
Noun
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In Delhi, some of the millions of devotees could be seen, holy water balanced in pails, or containers hanging from each end of the kanwar pole that gives the festival its name.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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That’s lunch, muse of lunch pails, bentos, picnic baskets, dosirak, tiffins.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
Verb
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Nestle cooked chicken into dish with tomato mixture; spoon juices over chicken.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
7 July 2025
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Top each with about 3/4 cup of berries (with their syrup, as desired) then spoon the remaining cream evenly over the top of the berries.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
Verb
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Having already had to navigate a 180-degree turn around a roundabout at 80km per hour, the road jerked to the left with around 1.6km remaining and, with some riders forced wide, the group was split.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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The passenger jerked forward and their belongings were thrown to the floor.—
Abhirup Roy,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
Noun
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No unwieldy chocolate chunks, overwhelming ripples, or unpleasantly gritty, grainy bits of chocolate.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 July 2025
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Until that changes, a large chunk will continue to seek their soccer elsewhere.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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“Bucket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucket. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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