bucketing

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noun

The act of moving material using a bucket.

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Meanings

nounbucketing (countable and uncountable, plural bucketings)

plural bucketings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of moving material using a bucket.

    […] by means of a spade only, without any of the filthy ladlings and bucketings which accompany the clearing a cesspool.

    1870, Henry Julian Hunter, Inquiry on the state of the Dwellings of Rural Labourers, page 142
  2. countableuncountableA heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.

    […] it was still obviously still pouring not to^([sic]) far away and they hoped to complete their journey without being further delayed by another bucketing.

    2017, Don Reis, The Glorious Effervescence of Blubbo, page 66
  3. countableuncountableSynonym of binning (“a data pre-processing technique”).

    Synonyms: binning

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bucket

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of binning (“a data pre-processing technique”).

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bucketing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bucketing.

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