bucketload
noun
buck·et·load
ˈbə-kət-ˌlōd 
plural bucketloads
1
: a quantity that fills a bucket : bucketful
a bucketload of water
2
informal
: a very large amount
The Spooky Season may be associated with scary movies and scoring candy by the bucketload …—
Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford… lovable bad boys, which it seemed to produce by the bucketload.—Jon Fine
—often used in pluralJon FineGrowing up in the rural South, summer meant bucketloads of fresh vegetables.—Alicia Ross
Alicia Ross… did people expect to make bucketloads of money off independent movies back then?—Anne Stockwell
Anne StockwellExamples of bucketload in a Sentence
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Filmmakers have been going to that well since there was film to make, and the world never has to wait long for a new bucketload to be drawn up from it.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
And because no taproom can exist without a bucketload of hops these days, Match Point pours IPAs like Gilman Brewing’s Bad Tattoo and Epidemic Ales’ Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
Silver Talon boast a trio of six-string virtuosos to deliver them by the bucketload.
—Brad Sanders, Chron, 21 Mar. 2023
Currently, bucketloads of the buoyant algae are washing up on beaches on the eastern coast of Florida earlier in the year than usual, raising scientists’ concerns for what coming months will bring.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2023
Investors, by now desperate for signs of an easing of pandemic restrictions, gobbled up the rumor by the bucketload.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2022
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
And because no taproom can exist without a bucketload of hops these days, Match Point pours IPAs like Gilman Brewing’s Bad Tattoo and Epidemic Ales’ Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
Silver Talon boast a trio of six-string virtuosos to deliver them by the bucketload.
—Brad Sanders, Chron, 21 Mar. 2023
Currently, bucketloads of the buoyant algae are washing up on beaches on the eastern coast of Florida earlier in the year than usual, raising scientists’ concerns for what coming months will bring.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2023
Investors, by now desperate for signs of an easing of pandemic restrictions, gobbled up the rumor by the bucketload.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2022
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“Bucketload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bucketload. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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