bucketful en · NOUN
Etymology
From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”).
Meanings
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The quantity contained in a bucket.
She had the next bail to me, and told me off in between bucketfuls of milk.
1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 27:"I had a fire lit there, and there is a bucketful of coals. You will be pretty comfortable, I hope."
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
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(broadly) A large quantity.
But out of the water he dared not put his head; for the rain came down by bucketsful, and the hail hammered like shot on the stream, and churned it into foam; […]
1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:"Confound it all," snorted Mr. Tupworthy indignantly, "you're flooding my flat. The water's coming through my bathroom ceiling in bucketfuls. The plaster'll fall next. Can't you stop it? Has a pipe burst or something?"
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bucketfuls | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bucketsful | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
great deal · shitload · pailful · bucketful · ton · shedload · shitful · helluvalot · pile · bucketload · mickle · trainload · vaultful · slew · load · brimful · bellyload · hecatomb · ream · buttload · superflux · boatload · busload · assload · crapflood · fuckwad · battalion · many · lashings · metric fuckton · truckload · wagonload · hantle · multiplicity · mampus · shitflood · muckle · tun · multitude · shitton · fuckload · butt-ton · crapload · abundance · cartload · bumload · fuckton · deal · sight · lot · gob · mass · horseload · arseload · heap · sum · spadeloads · metric shitload · mountain
Translations (7)
ru ведро́ (quantity contained in a bucket) · fi sangollinen (quantity contained in a bucket) · fi saavillinen (large quantity) · cy bwcedaid (quantity contained in a bucket) · io siteledo (quantity contained in a bucket) · pt baldada (quantity contained in a bucket) · ga lán buicéid (quantity contained in a bucket)