buckets 1 of 2

noun

Definition of bucketsnext
plural of bucket
1
as in loads
a considerable amount made buckets of money in the stock market

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2
as in kettles
a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle carried water from the well in a bucket

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buckets

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bucket
1
as in scoops
to lift out with something that holds liquid bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire

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2
as in shakes
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckets
  1. shakes
  2. piles
  3. chunks
  4. quantities
  5. hundreds
  6. dozen
  7. deals
  8. dozens
Verb
  • Dexter has a panicked, sickened feeling after seeing his first dead kid, and the whole experience shakes him to his core.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Looking around the restaurant patio at the Chateau Marmont, populated by folks famous and fame-adjacent, some whispering, others talking at a volume that seems less an invitation than a demand to eavesdrop, the filmmaker shakes his head and smiles.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of shakes
Noun
  • Letting the roast simmer for hours in a mixture of pickled jalapeño brine and fish sauce yields a fall-apart tangle of meat that’s wildly good on soft rolls or over piles of rice.
    Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In one photo, Kristoff is outside, surrounded by piles of excrement and a plastic doghouse.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Large chunks of the pier were left floating in the water.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The same is true for much of Alameda; sizable chunks of Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and Marin County; and some areas near Silicon Valley, including northern sections of Redwood City and Burlingame.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • With catering, families can avoid the expense of purchasing and preparing large quantities of food, which can often go to waste.
    Ronny Maye, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But the mountains can’t make snow if temperatures aren’t cold enough, and natural snow has only been falling in large quantities later in the season in recent years at many resorts, according Andria Huskinson, communication and public relations manager at Solitude.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of quantities
Noun
  • In California alone, hundreds of cattle herds and poultry flocks have tested positive.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • But that expansion did not go quite as planned, as hundreds of drivers received erroneous tickets.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • More than a dozen Latin American countries have signed onto the Belt and Road Initiative after Panama, and Chinese influence in Central and South America continues to grow.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Jan. 2025
  • In a cul-de-sac along Alta Crest Drive, where more than a dozen homes burned, neighbors wept together in the street.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of dozen
Noun
  • Walmart is out to wow you with today's tech deals.
    Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But that’s certainly not where the Black Friday-esque Ugg deals at Rue La La end.
    Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of deals
Noun
  • The cybersecurity market is composed of dozens of niche segments designed to tackle organizations’ specific security challenges.
    Michael Nicosia, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In the watch sector, dozens of mechanical horologery brands have popped up, some no doubt will reach the status of collectible luxury.
    Stéphane JG Girod, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of dozens
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