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bucket
verb
-
bucket
,
bucketing
,
buckets
,
bucketed
to
rain
very
heavily
,
often
used
in
the
continuous
form
or
with
“
down
”
•
We
stayed
inside
because
it
was
bucketing
down
all
afternoon
.
We
stayed
inside
because
it
was
bucketing
down
all
afternoon
.
•
The
match
was
cancelled
when
it
started
bucketing
.
The
match
was
cancelled
when
it
started
bucketing
.
First
recorded
late
19th
century
;
likens
the
downpour
to
water
being
emptied
from
buckets
.
verb
-
bucket
,
bucketing
,
buckets
,
bucketed
to
move
very
quickly
,
especially
in
a
noisy
or
uncontrolled
way
•
The
motorbike
bucketed
past
us
on
the
highway
.
The
motorbike
bucketed
past
us
on
the
highway
.
•
We
were
bucketing
along
the
trail
trying
to
beat
the
storm
.
We
were
bucketing
along
the
trail
trying
to
beat
the
storm
.
Early
20th-century
British
slang
,
possibly
from
the
clattering
sound
of
an
empty
bucket
bumping
wildly
.
