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A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
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I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.
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The amount held in this container.
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The horse drank a whole bucket of water.
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A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
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Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
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An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
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The basket.
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The forward drove to the bucket.
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A field goal.
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We can't keep giving up easy buckets.
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(variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
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A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
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(chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
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I was so nervous that I sweated buckets.
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A bucket bag.
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The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
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The pitcher in certain orchids.