bucket

Slang Dictionary

bucket definition


  1. n.
    the goal (hoop and net) in basketball. (Sports.) : Freddy arced one at the bucket and missed.
  2. n.
    a hoop or basket in basketball. (Sports.) : Four buckets in two minutes. Is that a record, or what?
  3. n.
    the buttocks. (See also can.) : Sam's getting a real fat bucket, isn't he?
  4. n.
    an old car. (From bucket of bolts.) : How much did you pay for that old bucket?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature