Bucket

Bucket
Bucket Buck"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bucketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bucketing}.] 1. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets; as, to bucket water. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. To pour over from a bucket; to drench. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. (Rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body. [Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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  • bucket — (n.) mid 13c., from Anglo Norm. buquet bucket, pail, influenced by or dim. of O.E. buc pitcher, bulging vessel, originally belly (buckets were formerly of leather as well as wood), from P.Gmc. *bukaz, from PIE *bhou , variant of root *bheu to… …   Etymology dictionary

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