blast vs bucket

blast

verb
  • To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish. 

  • To curse; to damn. 

  • To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion). 

  • To make a loud noise. 

  • To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din. 

  • To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal. 

  • To shatter, as if by an explosion. 

  • To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles). 

  • To blight or wither. 

  • To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy. 

  • To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool). 

noun
  • An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc. 

  • The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast. 

  • An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast). 

  • A violent gust of wind. 

  • A loud, sudden sound. 

  • A good time; an enjoyable moment. 

  • A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. 

  • A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe. 

  • A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc. 

  • The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace. 

  • An explosive charge for blasting. 

  • A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list. 

  • A flatulent disease of sheep. 

intj
  • To show displeasure or disappointment: damn 

bucket

verb
  • To criticize vehemently; to denigrate. 

  • To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body. 

  • To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly. 

  • To rain heavily. 

  • To place inside a bucket. 

  • To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets. 

  • To travel very quickly. 

  • To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items. 

noun
  • A bucket bag. 

  • A helmet. 

  • Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container). 

  • A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items. 

  • A great deal of anything. 

  • A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam. 

  • A large amount of liquid. 

  • The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted. 

  • an insult term used in Toronto to refer to someone who habitually uses crack cocaine. 

  • An old vehicle that is not in good working order. 

  • A field goal. 

  • The amount held in this container. 

  • A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key. 

  • The basket. 

  • The pitcher in certain orchids. 

  • A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement. 

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