BUCKET

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French buket, from Old English būc pitcher, belly; akin to Old High German būh belly Date: 13th century a typically cylindrical vessel for catching, holding, or carrying liquids or solids, something resembling a ~: as, the scoop of an excavating machine, one of the receptacles on the rim of a waterwheel, one of the cups of an endless-belt conveyor, one of the vanes of a turbine rotor, ~ful , ~ seat , basket 3b, II. verb Date: 1621 transitive verb to draw or lift in ~s, 2. British to ride (a horse) hard, to drive hurriedly or roughly, to deal with in a ~ shop, intransitive verb hustle , hurry , 2. to move about haphazardly or irresponsibly, to move roughly or jerkily