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bucket head en · NOUN

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1. A stupid or oblivious person.
   • As all Australians know, Ned Kelly (1854 or 1855 – 11 November 1880) was a bucket head, or should I say, he was the Robin Hood of bucket heads. 2016, Mr. John, The Black Book, →ISBN:
   • I rooted for him as he sweated out the beginning of a service period for a massive banquet at Versailles, ill-equipped, with only a rent-a-staff of indolent bucket heads to help him. 2010, Anthony Bourdain, A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal, →ISBN, page 196:
   • He just called people bucket heads when he thought that they did bucketheaded things. 2016, Daniel Knowles, Disasters, Fires and Rescues, →ISBN:
   • Everything went dark and I heard Joan laughing and asking, “Hey, bucket head, how is it going?” 2003, Charlie McCarthy, Trapped With Trouble, →ISBN, page 28:
2. One who wears a bucket or a bucket-like object (such as a helmet) on their head.
   • Bucket heads down the alleyway off of West Fifteenth and Seventh. 2015, R. J. Ellory, City of Lies: A Thriller, →ISBN:
   • “Apparently the bucket heads took off in great haste and knocked a couple of rotorchairs out of the sky as they went. 2015, Mark Hodder, The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats, →ISBN:
   • Soon an army of bucket heads filled the streets. 2004, Derek Drymon, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, →ISBN, page 83:
   • "Come on, we got some bucket heads to kill," Andrew said. Marc whispered, "Bucket heads?" "You know," Aaron said, "Storm troopers, bad guys with guns." 1995, Nick Baron, Virtual Destruction, →ISBN, page 94:
3. One who eats or drinks by the bucketful.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bucket, head.

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