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
  • The arrival in their town of an army colonel and his young, talented violinist daughter shakes their reality and tests the relationship between father and son.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Protein shakes are a way of incorporating more protein into your diet.
    Kristen Gasnick, PT, DPT, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of shakes
Noun
  • In the days since, many people have reported unsafe road conditions and lingering snow — along with uncollected leaf piles from fall leaf collection that were scattered back onto their yards by the snowplows, the council members said.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the days since, many people have reported unsafe road conditions and lingering snow — along with uncollected leaf piles from fall leaf collection that were scattered back onto their yards by the snowplows, the council members said.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 24 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
  • The firing was dramatic; many hundreds of watchers toggled back and forth between a school board livestream and a college football playoff game.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The union also wants Starbucks to resolve outstanding legal issues, including hundreds of unfair labor practice charges that workers have filed with the National Labor Relations Board.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • Who won and lost Wisconsin politics in 2024? After a whirlwind year for national and state politics, Dan Bice takes stock of the winners and losers, with input from a dozen Democratic and Republican politicos.
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Riot doubled the size of the group tasked with connecting its games to the entertainment industry to more than two dozen people.
    Cecilia D’Anastasio, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of dozen
Noun
  • Despite the dearth of IPOs, the exit markets were still active, particularly in strategically minded M&A transactions and other deals.
    Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Large industry conferences are important events for business leaders to see each other in person (not Zoom), gather leads for their businesses, see all the latest technology available, and try to close some deals.
    Andrew DeAngelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of deals
Noun
  • At least two dozen women packed the courtroom to hear Luigi Mangione's plea in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Plane and helicopter pilots reported dozens of incidents of lasers being pointed at them over New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in early December.
    Michael Wilson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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