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bucket head

bucket head noun: a stupid or oblivious person.

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
    • 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.2010, Anthony Bourdain, A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal, →ISBN, page 196
  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
    • Soon an army of bucket heads filled the streets.2004, Derek Drymon, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, →ISBN, page 83
  3. One who eats or drinks by the bucketful.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bucket, head.

Examples of bucket head in a sentence

  • He just called people bucket heads when he thought that they did bucketheaded things.2016, Daniel Knowles, Disasters, Fires and Rescues, →ISBN:
  • 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.2016, Mr. John, The Black Book, →ISBN:
  • Bucket heads down the alleyway off of West Fifteenth and Seventh.2015, R. J. Ellory, City of Lies: A Thriller, →ISBN:
  • “Apparently the bucket heads took off in great haste and knocked a couple of rotorchairs out of the sky as they went.2015, Mark Hodder, The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats, →ISBN:

Forms of bucket head

pluralbucket heads
alternative formbuckethead
alternative formbucket-head

Questions about bucket head

What does bucket head mean?
Bucket head means a stupid or oblivious person.
How do you use bucket head in a sentence?
He just called people bucket heads when he thought that they did bucketheaded things.
What part of speech is bucket head?
Bucket head is a noun.
What is the plural of bucket head?
The plural of bucket head is bucket heads.

Words near bucket head in the dictionary

  1. bucket flushed
  2. bucket flushes
  3. bucket flushing
  4. bucket hat
  5. bucket hats
  6. bucket head
  7. bucket heads
  8. bucket line
  9. bucket lines
  10. bucket list
  11. bucket lists

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