Bucket — Defs

01 n. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.

1.
A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.
“The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.” — Wordsworth.
2.
A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc.
3.
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.(Mach.)
4.
The valved piston of a lifting pump.
5.
one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine.(Mach.)
6.
a bucketfull.(Mach.) See: bucketfull

Phrases & compounds

Fire bucket — a bucket for carrying water to put out fires.

To kick the bucket — to die.

02 v. t. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water.

imp. & p. p. Bucketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bucketing

1.
To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water.
2.
To pour over from a bucket; to drench.
3.
To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
4.
To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.(Rowing) [Eng.]