bucket

noun:

1. An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
2. Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
3. A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
4. A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
5. A large amount of liquid.
6. A bucket bag.
7. The pitcher in certain orchids.
8. The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
9. The basket.
10. A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
11. A field goal.
12. A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
13. The amount held in this container.

verb:

1. To place inside a bucket.
2. To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
3. To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.
4. To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
5. To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
6. To travel very quickly.
7. To rain heavily.