Bucker

Riveter, One who deforms one end of a rivet in order to fasten two pieces of metal together.

One who crimps the head of the rivet.

A bucked end of the rivet is the end that has been deformed on the job site/while riveting while the factory end of the rivet already has a head.

Also refereed to as "Bucker-up."

terminology commonly used in building and bridge construction, iron-working.

The foremen shouted, "bucker up, get that rivet in place before it cools down!"

by Bobby_oldenheart March 28, 2013

hell in a bucket

1. Describes a condition in which someone is headed for a disastrous or precarious situation that is inevitable or unavoidable. Typically preceded by "going to," as in"going to hell in a bucket."

2. The title of a well-known Grateful Dead tune.

1. Shawn had been getting trashed on purple kush and beer before noon during the past three months. He knew that he was going to hell in a bucket.

2. Bobby Weir sang an awesome version of "Hell in a Bucket" during that Irvine Meadows show back in 1985.

by whimzzical June 11, 2010

bucket drums

A drum kit created by empty buckets, pots, pans, blue boxes etc and played with any hard object found (bats, whisk, hammer etc). There are many variations of the bucket drum style in punk music, and garage bands who never make it.

*clank clackity clank*
"What the hell is that?! It sounds like someone is falling down the stairs"
"Oh, it's just Julian practising his Bucket Drums".

by Tiger Princess May 11, 2008

Gin Bucket Friday

Pre-game tradition originating at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, where 6-8 people gather and casually drink from the gin bucket. This occurs every friday night or whenever else one is called. Many different gin buckets go on at once, however, one may belong to only one.

Ingredients:
2 liters of Gin
2 liters of Sprite
3.5 liters of Simply Limeaid
Ice
Bucket

Hey, what are you doing tonight?
Uhh, its Gin Bucket Friday man!

by SLUzer September 12, 2010

game day bucket go boom

A slogan used when someone does something that requires a crazy amount of skill.

*drains a half court shot with a basketball* Greg: "Game day bucket go boom"

by Chicagofire December 14, 2016

cash in the bucket

when you tender is as good as cash

Look man, I don't have cash. I can only pay in tacos.

OK. That's still cash in the bucket.

by T. Polkinghorne April 6, 2009

bucketing

a degree of raining. A very heavy rain that sounds like someone is pouring buckets of rain to the ground. Extremely wet forceful rain (when it's bucketing you can't stay dry.)

It was bucketing rain so everyone stayed indoors to keep dry.

by Sveltron November 2, 2007