bucket

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BUCKET

to lift out with something that holds liquid <bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire>

Synonyms bucket, lade, ladle, scoop, spoon

Related Words bail; deplete, drain, eliminate, empty, exhaust; bleed, draw (off); dish; slop; decant, draw, pump, siphon (also syphon), suction

Near Antonyms pour; fill

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements <getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging>

Synonyms agitate, bucket, convulse, jerk, jiggle, joggle, jolt, jounce, judder [chiefly British], quake, quiver, shudder, vibrate, wobble (also wabble)

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