1. a round open container with a handle, used for carrying liquids or other materials
2. the amount that a bucket can hold
3. the scoop of a machine such as a bulldozer or excavator

1. to move or carry in buckets
2. to rain very heavily
Usage: informal

Examples

• She filled the bucket with water from the well.
• The janitor carried a mop and bucket down the hallway.
• We need three buckets of sand for the sandbox.
• The excavator’s bucket scooped up dirt and rocks.
• They bucketed water from the flooded basement.
• It’s been bucketing down all morning.
• The old bucket had a hole in the bottom.