Bucket

buk′et, n. a ve el for drawing or holding water, .; one of the compartments on the circumference of a water-wheel, or one of the scoops of a dredging-machine: the leather socket for holding the whip in driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted: a name given to the pitcher in some orchids.— ns. Buck′etful , as much as a bucket will hold; Buck′eting ( U.S. ), jerky rowing; Buck′et-shop , slang term for the offices of 'outside brokers'—mere agents for bets on the rise or fall of prices of stock, .; Buck′et-wheel , a contrivance for raising water by means of buckets attached to the circumference of a wheel.— Give the bucket , to dismi ; Kick the bucket ( slang ), to die. [Prob. conn. with A.S. búc , a pitcher; or O. Fr. buket , a pail. Not Gael. bucaid , a bucket.]