brain bucket

brain bucket

1. A helmet to protect the head and brain, as worn by (e.g.) skateboarders, motorcyclists, soldiers, etc. It may not be fashionable, but if you wear your brain bucket when you ride your motorcycle, it may just save your life. We've experienced a lot of heavy fire in this region, so all soldiers are required to wear their brain buckets at all times in the field.
2. dated One's skull. She received a knock to her brain bucket after she slipped on the stairs.
See also: brain, bucket
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

brain bucket

n. a bike or motorcycle helmet. (see also skid-lid.) He refuses to wear a brain bucket when he rides.
See also: brain, bucket
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • have a stroke
  • BB brain
  • get brain
  • be brain dead
  • brain dead
  • brain-dead
  • have (one's) brain on a leash
  • have brain on a leash
  • have one’s brain on a leash
  • brain box
References in periodicals archive
He went round and round with a motorcycle rider who worked in the hospital's engineer department, encouraging him to wear what he called a "brain bucket."
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But common sense dictates that you should use a "brain bucket" to protect your skull.
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If you like to ski or snowboard the trees and the steeps, then a brain bucket is only common sense.
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That's why he always wears his "brain bucket" and knee and elbow pads.
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A "run" includes all the preparations for a heroic journey, as well as unpoetic chafed legs, bugs in the teeth and "brain buckets" (helmets, required by law in California, and reviled by bikers).
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You don't see many brain buckets on the streets these days but MNs Austin Plante claims a head confusion.
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