BUCKETED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

bucketed

verb

past tense of bucket

as in scooped

to lift out with something that holds liquid bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire

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as in shook

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging

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Recent Examples of bucketed Moving From Audience Segments To Individual Context Traditional healthcare marketing ran on segmentation—physicians bucketed by specialty, geography, prescribing patterns. — Kamya Elawadhi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 As Hortiz mentioned at his pre-draft presser, fullback and tight end will be bucketed together in this offense. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026 The data was then bucketed into six indexes—tax rates, quality of life, senior population/migration trends, quality of health care, job market, and overall value—which were weighted based on responses from a March 2025 public survey. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025

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Be careful not to overdo it; once scooped, the frozen watermelon will melt faster.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026
The brand enters the category with the Kensi, a softly structure scooped shoulder bag, available in small and large sizes.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 July 2026

Definition of scooped

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The spicy tofu is delicious spooned and slurped up in one go, or enjoyed alongside a bowl of rice, cold soba noodles, or a heap of smashed or julienned cucumbers.

— Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
Serve directly from the packets or transfer to a large serving platter with plenty of the buttery broth spooned over the top.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of spooned

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But in 1933, within a matter of days, they were jerked back into reality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026

Definition of jerked

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Collina Strada emptied its cupboards to for its S/S ’27 collection.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
At twenty-four, the soprano ability gone, his coffers emptied by heroin and scammers, Lymon, in his addict’s senescence, spoke to a reporter from Ebony magazine; a year later, he would be found dead on his grandmother’s bathroom floor.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

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