brain bucket
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.02 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A protective helmet, as worn, for example, by a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or soldier in combat.
Humorous
Example Sentences
- "The Air Force not only makes up words and phrases (e.g., brain bucket for crash helmet) . . . ."
- "Roy Knickman of 7-Eleven said he fears more crashes today and will not keep his helmet far from sight. "I always wear my brain bucket," he said."
- "Riding a 500-pound motorcycle in the middle of 3-ton Ford Expeditions and 40-ton trucks is dangerous, with or without a brain bucket or a leather jacket."
- "[H]e fetched me such a clip on top of my brain-bucket as to drive all my senses clear down into my boots."
- ""[B]ut come, Ed, haven't you got your brain-bucket mended yet, so that you can tell us a story?""