The difference between Bucket and Jalopy

When used as nouns, bucket means a container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items, whereas jalopy means an old, dilapidated vehicle.

Bucket is also verb with the meaning: to place inside a bucket.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bucket and Jalopy

  1. Bucket as a noun:

    A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

    Examples:

    "I need a bucket to carry the water from the well."

  2. Bucket as a noun:

    The amount held in this container.

    Examples:

    "The horse drank a whole bucket of water."

  3. Bucket as a noun (UK, archaic):

    A unit of measure equal to four gallons.

  4. Bucket as a noun:

    Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).

  5. Bucket as a noun (slang):

    An old vehicle that is not in good working order.

  6. Bucket as a noun (basketball, informal):

    The basket.

    Examples:

    "The forward drove to the bucket."

  7. Bucket as a noun (basketball, informal):

    A field goal.

    Examples:

    "We can't keep giving up easy buckets."

  8. Bucket as a noun (variation management):

    A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.

  9. Bucket as a noun (computing):

    A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.

  10. Bucket as a noun (informal, chiefly, plural):

    A large amount of liquid.

    Examples:

    "It rained buckets yesterday."

    "I was so nervous that I sweated buckets."

  11. Bucket as a noun:

    A bucket bag.

  12. Bucket as a noun:

    The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.

  13. Bucket as a noun:

    The pitcher in certain orchids.

  1. Bucket as a verb (transitive):

    To place inside a bucket.

  2. Bucket as a verb (transitive):

    To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.

    Examples:

    "to bucket water"

  3. Bucket as a verb (intransitive, informal):

    To rain heavily.

  4. Bucket as a verb (intransitive, informal):

    To travel very quickly.

  5. Bucket as a verb (computing, transitive):

    To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.

  6. Bucket as a verb (transitive):

    To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.

  7. Bucket as a verb (transitive, UK, US, rowing):

    To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.

  1. Jalopy as a noun (US):

    An old, dilapidated vehicle.

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