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  • present tense form of bucket (3rd person singular).
  • plural of bucket.
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buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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After getting back within nine, the Sparks were down 45-32 at halftime following three consecutive buckets from Golden State guard Tiffany Hayes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The bullish argument this time is that Ford and GM aren’t spending buckets of money or stepping far out of their comfort zone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Racking up buckets of saves sent Billy Wagner and Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame and turned flamethrowers like Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams and Eric “Game Over” Gagne into cult figures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

After a briefing in a nearby car park, we troop down to the water's edge clutching white plastic buckets to begin the hunt.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

We passengers are only allowed up to empty slop buckets or get the stew pots for our meals.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone



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