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Word: bucket (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
  • informal A field goal.
  • informal The basket.
  • computing A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
  • variation management A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
  • Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a '''bucket'''.
  • slang An old car that is not in good working order.
  • The amount held in this container.

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Verb:

  • intransitive informal To rain heavily.
  • intransitive informal To travel very quickly.
  • transitive To place inside a '''bucket.'''

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