Bucketing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of moving material using a bucket. countable, uncountable

    "[…] by means of a spade only, without any of the filthy ladlings and bucketings which accompany the clearing a cesspool."

  2. 2
    A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge. countable, uncountable

    "[…] it was still obviously still pouring not to^([sic]) far away and they hoped to complete their journey without being further delayed by another bucketing."

  3. 3
    Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”). countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bucket form-of, gerund, participle, present

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binning

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"The thunder is rumbling, and the rain is bucketing down."

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