bucket
[ buhk-it ]
/ ˈbʌk ɪt /
noun
verb (used with object), buck·et·ed, buck·et·ing.
verb (used without object), buck·et·ed, buck·et·ing.
Informal.
to move or drive fast; hurry.
Idioms for bucket
Origin of bucket
1250–1300; Middle English
buket < Anglo-French < Old English
bucc (variant of
būc vessel, belly; cognate with German
Bauch) + Old French
-et
-et
regional variation note for bucket
Though both
bucket and
pail are used throughout the entire U.S.,
pail has its greatest use in the Northern U.S., and
bucket is more commonly used elsewhere, especially in the Midland and Southern U.S.
Words nearby bucket
buckbean,
buckboard,
bucked,
buckeen,
bucker,
bucket,
bucket about,
bucket brigade,
bucket conveyor,
bucket ladder,
bucket list
British Dictionary definitions for drop in the bucket
bucket
/ (ˈbʌkɪt) /
noun
verb -kets, -keting or -keted
Word Origin for bucket
C13: from Anglo-French
buket, from Old English
būc; compare Old High German
būh belly, German
Bauch belly
Idioms and Phrases with drop in the bucket (1 of 2)
drop in the bucket
A very small quantity, especially one that is too small. For example, These contributions are just a drop in the bucket; the new church wing will cost thousands more. John Wycliffe's followers used this seemingly modern phrase in their translation of the Bible (1382), and it also appears in the 1611 King James version (Isaiah 40:15): “Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance.”
Idioms and Phrases with drop in the bucket (2 of 2)
bucket
see drop in the bucket; kick the bucket; rain cats and dogs (buckets); weep buckets.