Толковый словарь английского языка - bucket
Bucket
bucket
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French buket, from Old English būc pitcher, belly; akin to Old High German būh belly Date: 13th century a typically cylindrical vessel for catching, holding, or carrying liquids or solids, something resembling a ~: as, the scoop of an excavating machine, one of the receptacles on the rim of a waterwheel, one of the cups of an endless-belt conveyor, one of the vanes of a turbine rotor, ~ful , ~ seat , basket 3b, II. verb Date: 1621 transitive verb to draw or lift in ~s, 2. British to ride (a horse) hard, to drive hurriedly or roughly, to deal with in a ~ shop, intransitive verb hustle , hurry , 2. to move about haphazardly or irresponsibly, to move roughly or jerkily
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a roughly cylindrical open container, esp. of metal, with a handle, used for carrying, drawing, or holding water etc. b the amount contained in this (need three buckets to fill the bath). 2 (in pl.) large quantities of liquid, esp. rain or tears (wept buckets). 3 a compartment on the outer edge of a water wheel. 4 the scoop of a dredger or a grain-elevator. --v. (bucketed, bucketing) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by along) Brit. move or drive jerkily or bumpily. 2 intr. (often foll. by down) (of liquid, esp. rain) pour heavily. Phrases and idioms bucket seat a seat with a rounded back to fit one person, esp. in a car. bucket-shop 1 an office for gambling in stocks, speculating on markets, etc. 2 colloq. a travel agency specializing in cheap air tickets. Derivatives bucketful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: ME & AF buket, buquet, perh. f. OE buc pitcher ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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