bucket

1. noun In basketball, the hoop and net. He threw from the three-point line, but the ball bounced off the bucket. You've got to put pressure on their defense and keep driving toward the bucket.

2. noun In basketball, an instance of the ball being put through the hoop and net, especially from the three-point line. That's his 10th bucket of the game. If she can sink this bucket, they'll have a shot at winning the game.

3. noun, slang An old, dilapidated car. I've been driving this bucket around for nearly 15 years. I think it's finally time to upgrade.

4. verb To rain very heavily. Primarily heard in UK. It's been bucketing outside for nearly an hour.

buckets

informal A large amount of liquid. It's been raining buckets all morning. It was so hot outside that I was sweating buckets by the time I finished mowing the lawn.

bucket

1. n. the goal (hoop and net) in basketball. (Sports.) Freddy arced one at the bucket and missed.

2. n. a hoop or basket in basketball. (Sports.) Four buckets in two minutes. Is that a record, or what?

3. n. the buttocks. (see also can.) Sam’s getting a real fat bucket, isn’t he?

4. n. an old car. (From bucket of bolts.) How much did you pay for that old bucket?

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See:

a drop in the bucket
a drop in the ocean
bit-bucket
bolt bucket
brain bucket
bucket
bucket down
bucket list
bucket of bolts
bucket of steam
buckets
can't carry a tune
come down in buckets
couldn't carry a note in a bucket
couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
don't amount to a bucket of spit
drool bucket
drop in a bucket
drop in the bucket
for crying in a bucket
For crying out loud!
gash bucket
go to hell in a bucket
gut-bucket
Hell’s bells and buckets of blood!
hell's bells and buckets of blood
kick off
kick the bucket
kick the bucket, to
light bucket
mercy buckets
rain cats and dogs
rust bucket
scut bucket
scuzzbucket
sleaze-bucket
slime bag
slime bucket
sweat buckets
two tears in a bucket(, fuck it)
weep buckets

References in classic literature

Darby replies that "all them are," and further that in all, for months and months, the people "have been down by dozens" and have been carried out dead and dying "like sheep with the rot." Bucket observing to Mr.

Bucket. Whenever they move, and the angry bull's-eyes glare, it fades away and flits about them up the alleys, and in the ruins, and behind the walls, as before.

Bucket, opening another door and glaring in with his bull's-eye.

Bucket, turning his head in the direction of the unconscious figures on the ground.

"Why, what age do you call that little creature?" says Bucket. "It looks as if it was born yesterday." He is not at all rough about it; and as he turns his light gently on the infant, Mr.

"Why, you an't such an unnatural woman, I hope," returns Bucket sternly, "as to wish your own child dead?"

Bucket, "you train him respectable, and he'll be a comfort to you, and look after you in your old age, you know."

Bucket throws his light into the doorway and says to Mr.

Bucket for a little private confabulation, tells his tale satisfactorily, though out of breath.

Bucket has to take Jo by the arm a little above the elbow and walk him on before him, without which observance neither the Tough Subject nor any other Subject could be professionally conducted to Lincoln's Inn Fields.

Bucket mentions that he has the key of the outer door in his pocket and that there is no need to ring.

Bucket, still having his professional hold of Jo and appearing to Mr.

"Now, tell me," says Bucket aloud, "how you know that to be the lady."

"Be quite sure of what you say, Tough," returns Bucket, narrowly observant of him.

"What about those rings you told me of?" asks Bucket.

Bleak House

词组	bucket
释义	bucket bucket 1. noun In basketball, the hoop and net. He threw from the three-point line, but the ball bounced off the bucket. You've got to put pressure on their defense and keep driving toward the bucket. 2. noun In basketball, an instance of the ball being put through the hoop and net, especially from the three-point line. That's his 10th bucket of the game. If she can sink this bucket, they'll have a shot at winning the game. 3. noun, slang An old, dilapidated car. I've been driving this bucket around for nearly 15 years. I think it's finally time to upgrade. 4. verb To rain very heavily. Primarily heard in UK. It's been bucketing outside for nearly an hour. buckets informal A large amount of liquid. It's been raining buckets all morning. It was so hot outside that I was sweating buckets by the time I finished mowing the lawn. See also: bucket Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. bucket 1. n. the goal (hoop and net) in basketball. (Sports.) Freddy arced one at the bucket and missed. 2. n. a hoop or basket in basketball. (Sports.) Four buckets in two minutes. Is that a record, or what? 3. n. the buttocks. (see also can.) Sam’s getting a real fat bucket, isn’t he? 4. n. an old car. (From bucket of bolts.) How much did you pay for that old bucket? McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See: a drop in the bucket a drop in the ocean bit-bucket bolt bucket brain bucket bucket bucket down bucket list bucket of bolts bucket of steam buckets can't carry a tune come down in buckets couldn't carry a note in a bucket couldn't carry a tune in a bucket don't amount to a bucket of spit drool bucket drop in a bucket drop in the bucket for crying in a bucket For crying out loud! gash bucket go to hell in a bucket gut-bucket Hell’s bells and buckets of blood! hell's bells and buckets of blood kick off kick the bucket kick the bucket, to light bucket mercy buckets rain cats and dogs rust bucket scut bucket scuzzbucket sleaze-bucket slime bag slime bucket sweat buckets two tears in a bucket(, fuck it) weep buckets References in classic literature Darby replies that "all them are," and further that in all, for months and months, the people "have been down by dozens" and have been carried out dead and dying "like sheep with the rot." Bucket observing to Mr. Bucket. Whenever they move, and the angry bull's-eyes glare, it fades away and flits about them up the alleys, and in the ruins, and behind the walls, as before. Bucket, opening another door and glaring in with his bull's-eye. Bucket, turning his head in the direction of the unconscious figures on the ground. "Why, what age do you call that little creature?" says Bucket. "It looks as if it was born yesterday." He is not at all rough about it; and as he turns his light gently on the infant, Mr. "Why, you an't such an unnatural woman, I hope," returns Bucket sternly, "as to wish your own child dead?" Bucket, "you train him respectable, and he'll be a comfort to you, and look after you in your old age, you know." Bucket throws his light into the doorway and says to Mr. Bucket for a little private confabulation, tells his tale satisfactorily, though out of breath. Bucket has to take Jo by the arm a little above the elbow and walk him on before him, without which observance neither the Tough Subject nor any other Subject could be professionally conducted to Lincoln's Inn Fields. Bucket mentions that he has the key of the outer door in his pocket and that there is no need to ring. Bucket, still having his professional hold of Jo and appearing to Mr. "Now, tell me," says Bucket aloud, "how you know that to be the lady." "Be quite sure of what you say, Tough," returns Bucket, narrowly observant of him. "What about those rings you told me of?" asks Bucket. Bleak House
随便看	in duplicate industry in Dutch in Dutch (with someone) INDY in earnest in earshot in eclipse I need a drink I need it yesterday in effect in effigy in element in else's shoes in embryo in equal measure(s) in error in escrow in essence I never! I never did in evidence in excess of in exchange in exchange (for someone or something)