1. raining very heavily
Usage: informal; British
2. moving very fast or roughly
Usage: informal

1. the practice of categorizing data or items into groups
Usage: technical

Examples

• It’s bucketing down outside, so we’ll have to cancel the picnic.
• The rain was bucketing all morning.
• The car went bucketing down the hill at dangerous speed.
• They were bucketing along the rough country road.
• The data bucketing process helped organize the survey results.
• Bucketing customers by age group improved their marketing strategy.