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bucketing

verb as in dip

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Example Sentences

The rain was bucketing down and a chill north-wester howled up the narrow passage leading from the main street to the tiny entry.

A few minutes later she accused Priscilla of "bucketing," and Frank loved her for the word.

She scarcely spoke at all, and when she replied to Miss Rutherford's accusation of "bucketing" did so incisively.

An hour later it was pitch-dark, and a semi-waterlogged seaplane drifted south, head to sea, bucketing her nose into the lop.

You only landed last night—and a most infernal bucketing you seem to have got on that poisonous bar in doing so.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bucketing, such as: bestow, bucket, deposit, drizzle, fall, and hail.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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