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bucket-head

bucket-head is the alternative form of bucket head.

Meaning of bucket head

Noun

bucket head (plural bucket heads)

  1. A stupid or oblivious person.
    • Everything went dark and I heard Joan laughing and asking, “Hey, bucket head, how is it going?”2003, Charlie McCarthy, Trapped With Trouble, →ISBN, page 28
  2. One who wears a bucket or a bucket-like object (such as a helmet) on their head.
    • "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."1995, Nick Baron, Virtual Destruction, →ISBN, page 94
  3. One who eats or drinks by the bucketful.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bucket, head.

Forms of bucket-head

pluralbucket-heads

Questions about bucket-head

What is bucket-head the alternative form of?
Bucket-head is the alternative form of bucket head.

Words near bucket-head in the dictionary

  1. bucket sorts
  2. bucket steak
  3. bucket steaks
  4. bucket truck
  5. bucket trucks
  6. bucket-head
  7. bucket-heads
  8. bucketable
  9. bucketball
  10. bucketed
  11. bucketed about

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