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bucketball

bucketball noun: an informal sport resembling basketball, with the fixed baskets replaced by buckets held by players who must move them to catch the thrown ball.

Noun

bucketball (uncountable)

  1. An informal sport resembling basketball, with the fixed baskets replaced by buckets held by players who must move them to catch the thrown ball.

Origin of bucketball

From bucket + ball.

Questions about bucketball

What does bucketball mean?
Bucketball means an informal sport resembling basketball, with the fixed baskets replaced by buckets held by players who must move them to catch the thrown ball.
What part of speech is bucketball?
Bucketball is a noun.

Words near bucketball in the dictionary

  1. bucket truck
  2. bucket trucks
  3. bucket-head
  4. bucket-heads
  5. bucketable
  6. bucketball
  7. bucketed
  8. bucketed about
  9. bucketed down
  10. bucketeer
  11. bucketeering

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