noun
    
    plural -ets
    
    [count] an open container with a handle that is used especially to hold and carry water and other liquids
    
    
    
    the amount contained in a bucket
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :a large container that is part of a machine (such as a tractor) and that is used for digging or carrying dirt, rocks, and other material
    
    buckets [plural] informal :a large amount especially of a liquid
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] basketball :a successful shot :basket
    
    
    
    a drop in the bucket
    
    
    
    kick the bucket
    
    
    
    verb
    
    -ets; -eted; -eting
    
    bucket down
    
    [phrasal verb] Brit informal :to rain very heavily