Meanings
verbbucket down (third-person singular simple present buckets down, present participle bucketing down, simple past and past participle bucketed down)
present singular third person buckets down · participle present bucketing down · participle past bucketed down · past bucketed down
- idiomaticTo rain heavily.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Finnish sataa kaatamalla
- sataa kaatamallarain heavily
French pleuvoir à seaux, dégringoler
- pleuvoir à seauxrain heavily
- dégringolerrain heavily
- pleuvoir comme vache qui pisserain heavily
- pleuvoir des cordesrain heavily
Japanese ざあざあ雨が降る
- ざあざあ雨が降る (zāzā ame ga furu)rain heavily
Polish lać jak z cebra
- lać jak z cebrarain heavily
Spanish llover a cántaros, caer chuzos de punta
- llover a cántarosrain heavily
- caer chuzos de puntarain heavily
- caer a plomorain heavily
Cite this entry
APA
bucket down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bucket%20down
MLA
“bucket down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bucket%20down. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bucket down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bucket%20down.
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