Bucket | Mean of bucket in English Dictionary

/ˈbʌkət/

• Noun
• an open container with a handle that is used especially to hold and carry water and other liquids
1. a bucket and mop
• the amount contained in a bucket
1. a bucket [=bucketful] of water
2. We used two buckets of paint to paint the living room.
• a large container that is part of a machine (such as a tractor) and that is used for digging or carrying dirt, rocks, and other material

• a large amount especially of a liquid
1. The players were sweating buckets. [=were sweating very much]
2. crying buckets of tears
3. It's raining buckets. = The rain is coming down in buckets. [=it's raining very hard]
• a successful shot
1. She scored/sank five buckets in the last five minutes of the game.
• Verb
• to rain very heavily
1. The rain is really bucketing down. = It's bucketing down. [=it's pouring]