bucketing noun3 •The act of moving material using a bucket.[…] by means of a spade only, without any of the filthy ladlings and bucketings which accompany the clearing a cesspool. — 1870 •Synonym of binning (“a data pre-processing technique”). •A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.[…] 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. — 2017 formsbucketings