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bucket

buc·ket

UK/ˈbʌk.ət/ US/ˈbʌkɪt/ common informal slang uk us
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.

a roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top

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2.

the quantity contained in a bucket

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verb

1.

put into a bucket

2.

carry in a bucket

Origin

From Middle English buket, boket, partly from Old English bucc ("bucket, pitcher"; mod. dialectal buck), equivalent to bouk + -et; and partly from Anglo-Norman buket, buquet (“tub; pail”) (compare Norman boutchet, Norman bouquet), diminutive of Old French buc (“abdomen; object with a cavity”), from Vulgar Latin *būcus (compare Occitan and Catalan buc, Italian buco, buca (“hole, gap”)), from Frankish *būk (“belly, stomach”). Both the Old English and Frankish terms derive from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). More at bouk.

Phrases

  • Bambi bucket
  • bargain bucket
  • bit bucket
  • bolt bucket
  • brain bucket
  • bucket about
  • bucket and spade
  • bucket bong
  • bucket brigade

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