Meanings
plural bucketings
- 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 - 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
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bucket
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of binning (“a data pre-processing technique”).
Cite this entry
bucketing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bucketing
“bucketing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bucketing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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