Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bucket head

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: buck-et -head
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stupid or oblivious person.

noun

One who wears a bucket or a bucket-like object (such as a helmet) on their head.

noun

One who eats or drinks by the bucketful.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bucket, head.

Example Sentences

"Everything went dark and I heard Joan laughing and asking, “Hey, bucket head, how is it going?”"
"I rooted for him as he sweated out the beginning of a service period for a massive banquet at Versailles, ill-equipped, with only a rent-a-staff of indolent bucket heads to help him."
"He just called people bucket heads when he thought that they did bucketheaded things."
"As all Australians know, Ned Kelly (1854 or 1855 – 11 November 1880) was a bucket head, or should I say, he was the Robin Hood of bucket heads."
""Come on, we got some bucket heads to kill," Andrew said. Marc whispered, "Bucket heads?" "You know," Aaron said, "Storm troopers, bad guys with guns.""
"Soon an army of bucket heads filled the streets."

Inflected Forms

bucket heads (plural) buckethead (alternative) bucket-head (alternative)

Questions

What does bucket head mean?: A stupid or oblivious person.

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