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.

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.