bucketload
noun
buck·et·load
ˈbə-kət-ˌlōd
plural bucketloads
1
: a quantity that fills a bucket : bucketful
a bucketload of water
2
informal
: a very large amount
The Spooky Season may be associated with scary movies and scoring candy by the bucketload …—Jack Beresford
… lovable bad boys, which it seemed to produce by the bucketload.—Jon Fine
—often used in pluralGrowing up in the rural South, summer meant bucketloads of fresh vegetables.—Alicia Ross
… did people expect to make bucketloads of money off independent movies back then?—Anne Stockwell
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“Bucketload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bucketload. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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