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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Verb

Those two facts explain the news, scooped yesterday by Semafor, that Meta is creating a new class of nonvoting stock.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
On special teams, Clemson forced a fumble on a kickoff that safety Kylon Griffin scooped and scored a TD and kicker Nolan Hauser hit three field goals including a career long 59 yarder in the final minute before halftime.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of scooped

Verb

Risch initially shook the challenger’s hand, then pulled back and brushed past him.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Oct. 2026
But Todd Golden’s squad shook off a sluggish first half, quickly turned a two-point halftime lead into a double-digit advantage and kept the Hatters at bay during an 85-68 win Tuesday night in the O’Connell Center.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of shook

Verb

Related Stories Entertainment marketers once closely guarded their marketing materials and spooned out their campaigns with tactical precision on timing and platforms.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
For the third Chelsea goal, via Neto, Harry Wilson’s half-pass-half-tackle was spooned to an unmarked Palmer in the centre.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of spooned

Verb

During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerked

Verb

Conservatives shuddered to think how close the country had come to permanent entangling alliances.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
McDonald’s shares fell nearly 5% Wednesday, their largest percentage drop since April 2025, as investors shuddered at the eye-popping price of improving McDonald’s 46,000 global stores.

— Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of shuddered

Verb

The roar of the engines vibrated through the fuselage, rattling bones and teeth, while supply crates shifted and groaned with every lurch.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
And the universal consciousness of light that vibrated at my frequency is what saved me.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of vibrated

Verb

When her 9-year-old daughter’s hand quivered, a teenage cousin helped guide the clipper over her mother’s scalp.

— Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
When her 9-year-old daughter's hand quivered, a teenage cousin helped guide the clipper over her mother’s scalp.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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