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  • present tense form of bucket (3rd person singular).
  • plural of bucket.
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buckets

NOUN
container, often for liquids, with handle
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The bullish argument this time is that Ford and GM aren’t spending buckets of money or stepping far out of their comfort zone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

When his fresh water ran out on July 11, he collected drinking water by filling buckets with seawater and capturing the condensation beneath plastic bags he stretched over the buckets.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

For the experienced seagrass seed collectors, buckets soon begin to fill with the tips of stems.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

And as predictably as the tides, a wine-dark sea of merch has risen up around the release: T-shirts, videogames, souvenir popcorn buckets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

We set down our buckets and rush over.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar



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