Phrase Hound found 95 phrases and 48 compound words that contain bucket. The most common are listed below. Open bucket in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 95
- kick the bucketTo die.
- bit bucketA container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines.
- bucket listA list of tasks arising during a meeting that are put aside to be dealt with later.
- drop in the bucketSomething of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem.
- bucket headA stupid or oblivious person.
- bucket hatA casual hat often worn at the beach, with a narrow downward-sloping brim.
- kicked the bucketsimple past and past participle of kick the bucket
- kicking the bucketpresent participle and gerund of kick the bucket
- brain bucketA protective helmet, as worn, for example, by a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or soldier in combat.
- fire bucketA bucket holding water or sand, etc., used to extinguish fires.
- bucket brigadeThe long line of people, in a primitive firefighting technique, who pass buckets of water hand-to-hand from the nearest water source to the site of a fire, in an attempt to douse it.
- bucket and spadeA child’s toy, consisting of a (usually plastic) bucket and spade, used for building simple sandcastles at the beach.
- bucket of sunshineA nuclear weapon.
- bucket truckA truck fitted with an extendable, hydraulic boom carrying a large bucket for raising people to elevated areas.
- bucket downTo rain heavily.
- bucket of rustSynonym of rustbucket: An old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck.
- monsoon bucketSynonym of helicopter bucket: A bucket, often collapsible, which is suspended from a helicopter performing firefighting operations and is used for lifting and dumping water or fire retardant chemicals.
- bolt bucketA machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.
- bucket renderingThe rendering of a graphical scene in a number of portions ("buckets") that can be assigned to different processors to take advantage of parallelism.
- bucket seatA form-fitting seat for one passenger in automobiles, aircraft, and other such modes of transport.
- bucket seatsplural of bucket seat: A form-fitting seat for one passenger in automobiles, aircraft, and other such modes of transport.
- bucket shopA stockbroking firm which takes small orders from clients and takes them on its own account rather than actually transmitting them to the market. Prevalent in the US 1870s to 1920s; often set up as shop-fronts in the 1920s.
- bucket shopsplural of bucket shop: A stockbroking firm which takes small orders from clients and takes them on its own account rather than actually transmitting them to the market. Prevalent in the US 1870s to 1920s; often set up as shop-fronts in the …
- bucket sortA sorting algorithm that partitions an array into a number of buckets (groups of elements) which are then individually sorted, either recursively or using some other algorithm.
- byte bucketSynonym of bit bucket (“an imaginary domain that accepts lost, discarded, or useless digital data”)
Compound words 48
- bucketfulThe quantity contained in a bucket.
- rustbucketAn old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck.
- sleazebucketA term of abuse: someone who is disgusting, vulgar, and sleazy.
- gutbucketSynonym of washtub bass: A stringed instrument (chordophone), used in American folk music, that uses a metal washtub as resonator.
- bucketmakingThe manufacture of buckets.
- mudbucketA bucket intended for scooping or holding mud.
- bucketryBuckets and similar objects, taken collectively.
- bucketyResembling or characteristic of a bucket.
- chumbucketA bucket filled with fishing bait at sea.
- bucketlessWithout a bucket.