Phrase Hound found 59 phrases and 19 compound words that contain buckets. The most common are listed below. Open buckets in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 59
- buckets of sunshineplural of bucket of sunshine: A nuclear weapon.
- buckets of rustplural of bucket of rust: An old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck.
- rust bucketsplural of rust bucket: An old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck.
- buckets and spadesplural of bucket and spade: A child’s toy, consisting of a (usually plastic) bucket and spade, used for building simple sandcastles at the beach.
- weep bucketsTo cry heavily.
- merci bucketsAlternative spelling of mercy buckets: Thanks very much.
- mercy bucketsThanks very much.
- rain bucketsTo rain heavily
- sweat bucketsTo sweat very profusely.
- holy bucketsAn exclamation of surprise or astonishment.
- bargain bucketsplural of bargain bucket: A container holding miscellaneous discounted merchandise in a retail store.
- bit bucketsplural of bit bucket: A container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines.
- bolt bucketsplural of bolt bucket: A machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.
- brain bucketsplural of brain bucket: A protective helmet, as worn, for example, by a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or soldier in combat.
- buckets aboutthird-person singular simple present indicative of bucket about: To be tossed around; to experience turbulence; to shake violently.
- buckets downthird-person singular simple present indicative of bucket down: To rain heavily.
- byte bucketsplural of byte bucket: Synonym of bit bucket (“an imaginary domain that accepts lost, discarded, or useless digital data”)
- champagne bucketsplural of champagne bucket: A bowl or bucket designed for holding ice cubes or crushed ice that is used to chill a bottle of champagne.
- cried bucketssimple past and past participle of cry buckets
- cries bucketsthird-person singular simple present indicative of cry buckets: To cry heavily.
- cry bucketsSynonym of weep buckets: To cry heavily.
- crying bucketspresent participle and gerund of cry buckets
- diaper bucketsplural of diaper bucket: A bucket-like receptacle for a baby's used diapers, where they are kept (sometimes in a solution of water and cleaners) until they can be properly washed or disposed of.
- fire bucketsplural of fire bucket: A bucket holding water or sand, etc., used to extinguish fires.
- gin bucketsplural of gin bucket: An American mixed drink of gin and typically Fresca in a suitably sized bucket, with ice and chopped fruit added.
Compound words 19
- bitbucketsthird-person singular simple present indicative of bitbucket: A container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines.
- bucketshopAlternative spelling 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 …
- bucketshopsplural of bucketshop: 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 …
- bucketsortAlternative form of bucket sort: A 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.
- chumbucketsplural of chumbucket: A bucket filled with fishing bait at sea.
- firebucketsplural of firebucket: A bucket holding water or sand, etc., used to extinguish fires.
- gutbucketsplural of gutbucket: A stringed instrument (chordophone), used in American folk music, that uses a metal washtub as resonator.
- helibucketsplural of helibucket: 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.
- lardbucketsplural of lardbucket: A fat person.
- lunchbucketsplural of lunchbucket: A lunchbox (food container) shaped more or less like a bucket with a handle.