bucket
verb/ˈbʌkɪt/
/ˈbʌkɪt/
(British English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bucket | /ˈbʌkɪt/ /ˈbʌkɪt/ |
| he / she / it buckets | /ˈbʌkɪts/ /ˈbʌkɪts/ |
| past simple bucketed | /ˈbʌkɪtɪd/ /ˈbʌkɪtɪd/ |
| past participle bucketed | /ˈbʌkɪtɪd/ /ˈbʌkɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form bucketing | /ˈbʌkɪtɪŋ/ /ˈbʌkɪtɪŋ/ |
- bucket (down) to rain heavily synonym pour
- It's bucketing down.
- It was absolutely bucketing.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French buquet ‘tub, pail’, perhaps from Old English būc ‘belly, pitcher’.Want to learn more?
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