Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bucketing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: buck-et-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of moving material using a bucket.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of binning (“a data pre-processing technique”).

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of bucket

Example Sentences

"[…] by means of a spade only, without any of the filthy ladlings and bucketings which accompany the clearing a cesspool."
"[…] it was still obviously still pouring not to^([sic]) far away and they hoped to complete their journey without being further delayed by another bucketing."

Usage

Inflected Forms

bucketings (plural)

Synonyms

binning

Questions

What does bucketing mean?: The act of moving material using a bucket.

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