Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in the bucket

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.07 in modern English

Syllables: in- the buck-et
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Short of money, or in debt (by a specified amount).

Slang

Example Sentences

"If you find that you are only $500 dollars in the bucket, don't think you will only need $500 dollars in cash, either."
"She said once they won a thousand, but by then they were already thirty thousand in the bucket."

Usage

Slang

Questions

What does in the bucket mean?: Short of money, or in debt (by a specified amount).

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