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Another word for bucket

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Verb

  1. To move swiftly

      1. To check or cut off the growth or development of:
      2. To take a sip or sips of alcoholic liquor:
      3. To move quickly; dart.
      1. (Slang) To proceed at great speed
      2. To move ahead at full speed.
      1. To put or pack in a barrel or barrels
      2. (Informal) To go at high speed
      3. To move or progress rapidly:
      1. To cut or tear apart roughly or vigorously
      2. To cut, tear, etc. (stitches) so as to open (a seam, hem, etc.)
      3. (Informal) To move with speed or violence
      1. (Informal) In great haste
      2. (Informal) To hurry; hasten
      3. To go in haste. Often used with it :
      1. (Computers) To cause text or other graphics in a window or frame to appear larger on the screen.
      2. To move while making such a sound:
      3. To simulate movement rapidly away from or toward a subject using a zoom lens or other optical device.
      1. (Informal) To move or propel something with speed and force
      2. To move or act with a speed that suggests such a sound:
      3. To cause to move with speed and force:
      1. To carry or transport by flying:
      2. To throw or propel (a ball, for example) through the air.
      3. To say or do (something) without preparation or forethought; improvise:
      1. To throw or spin rapidly:
      2. To move or do something quickly:
      3. To move swiftly with or as with a buzzing or hissing sound
      1. To whip (egg whites, cream, etc.)
      2. To move quickly, nimbly, or briskly
      3. To move, remove, carry, brush (away, off, out, etc.) forcefully and speedily, as with a quick, sweeping motion
      1. To move, go, drive, etc. swiftly
      2. To move rapidly in a circular manner or as in an orbit; circle swiftly
      3. To move, carry, drive, etc. with a rotating motion
      1. To cause to move at a trot.
      2. To cause to go at a trot
      3. To move quickly; hurry; run
      1. To pull apart or separate into pieces by force; rip or rend (cloth, paper, etc.)
      2. To become torn:
      3. To move violently or with speed; dash
      1. To run or race at full speed, esp. for a short distance
      2. To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.
      1. To increase the speed or rate of; accelerate. Often used with up:
      2. To drive at a speed exceeding a legal limit:
      3. To cause to move or proceed quickly; hasten:
      1. (--- Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly:
      2. (--- Informal) To use up or waste (time, money, etc.)
      3. (Games, Sports) To hit, kick, throw, drive, or propel (a ball, marble, etc.) toward the objective
      1. To clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing
      2. To move swiftly; scurry.
      3. To remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of
      1. To ride on a scooter.
      2. To move or slide (something) quickly
      3. To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.
      1. (Informal) To move or proceed quickly
      2. To throw or otherwise propel (something) in a way that causes it to glide, float, or move steadily through the air
      3. (Nautical) To move across the surface of water, especially by means of a sailing vessel.
      1. To cause to move rapidly:
      2. (Football) To run toward (a passer or kicker) in order to block or disrupt a play.
      3. (Football) To run with the ball after a direct snap from the center or after a handoff or pitchout
      1. To cause to function; operate:
      2. To sew with a continuous line of stitches:
      3. (Nautical) To sail or steer before the wind or on an indicated course:
      1. To carry by means of a rocket.
      2. To move swiftly and powerfully, as a rocket
      3. To soar or rise rapidly:
      1. To move rapidly or at top speed:
      2. To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.
      3. To enter or run (a horse, etc.) in a race
      1. To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects:
      2. To throw things at; strike with or as with missiles
      3. To move at a vigorous gait:
      1. To misrepresent one's skill in (a game or activity) in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling:
      2. (Slang) To get, sell, victimize, etc. by aggressive, often dishonest means
      3. To move or act energetically and rapidly:
      1. To speed the progress or completion of; expedite:
      2. To move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural
      3. To cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste
      1. To cause to move or act swiftly:
      2. To move in a quick fashion.
      3. To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate
      1. (Rare) hasten
      2. To hasten or cause to hasten.
      1. To pass over or through in flight:
      2. To move through the air by using wings, as a bird does
      3. To run away from; flee from; avoid
      1. (Brit., Informal) To leave quickly, as to escape creditors
      2. (Scot., North Eng.) To move to other quarters, esp. by stealth
      3. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
      1. (Naut.) To change the position of (a rope, pulley block, etc.)
      2. To move swiftly; flit; fly
      3. To cause (time) to pass quickly.
      1. To appear or occur suddenly:
      2. To move or proceed rapidly:
      3. (Slang) To think of or remember something suddenly:
      1. To hasten.
      2. To hurry; speed
      1. To throw so as to break; smash
      2. To move swiftly or impetuously; rush
      3. To write hastily. Often used with off :
      1. To shoot (an animal, for example) with a dart, especially to inject a drug.
      2. To move suddenly and fast
      3. To move suddenly and rapidly:
      1. To hurry busily or with much fuss and bother
      2. To move or cause to move energetically and busily.
      3. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
      1. (Archaic) To shoot (an arrow, etc.)
      2. To arrange or roll (lengths of cloth, for example) on or in a bolt.
      3. To start suddenly and run away:
    Idioms:
    See also:

    move

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Another word for bucket

Noun
      1. A receptacle for carrying coal.
      2. A trough carried over the shoulder for transporting loads, as of bricks or mortar.
      3. A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder.
      1. A metal pot, usually with a lid, for boiling or stewing.
      2. (Geology) A depression left in a mass of glacial drift, formed by the melting of an isolated block of glacial ice.
      3. (Geol.) A depression in glacial drift remaining after the melting of an isolated mass of buried ice
      1. A kind of bucket, usually with a wide lip, used for pouring coal on a fire
      2. A small opening or hatch with a movable lid in the deck or hull of a ship or in the roof, wall, or floor of a building.
      3. An opening in a wall or roof, fitted with a lid or cover
      1. A sturdy cylindrical container for storing liquids; a barrel.
      2. The quantity that such a container can hold.
      3. A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic drinks.
      1. (Geol.) A wide, depressed area in which the rock layers all incline toward a central area
      2. An artificially enclosed area of a river or harbor designed so that the water level remains unaffected by tidal changes.
      3. A region drained by a single river system:
      1. The amount that a can holds
      2. A usually cylindrical metal container.
      3. Any of various containers usually or traditionally cylindrical, made of metal, and with a separate cover
      1. A small box or can for coffee, tea, tobacco, etc.
      2. A usually cylindrical storage container, especially:
      3. The part of a gas mask that contains the substances for filtering the air to be breathed
      1. The amount held by a pail
      2. A watertight cylindrical vessel, open at the top and fitted with a handle; a bucket.
      3. A more or less cylindrical container, usually with a curved handle, for holding and carrying liquids, etc.; bucket
    See also:

    pot

    container

    can

Idioms:

    kick-the-bucket

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Sentence Examples

  • What's on your bucket list?

  • Be sure to put the bucket in the corner so it won't get knocked over.

  • She hung the empty bucket on a hook.

  • I've got a few things left on my bucket list.

  • Grabbing a bucket, she headed for what used to be her goat dairy.

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