Meaning

2 senses

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic)To die.

    The old horse finally kicked the bucket.

    den Löffel abgeben

    преставитьсяprestavitʹsja

  2. (colloquial, idiomatic)To break down such that it cannot be repaired.

    I think my sewing machine has kicked the bucket.

    endgültig im Eimer sein

    накрыться медным тазомnakrytʹsja mednym tazom

More definitions
  • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Examples

12 sentences

  1. Tom kicked the bucket.

    Том віддав богу душу. — deniko

    ruТом откинул копыта. — odexed

    deTom hat ins Gras gebissen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom has kicked the bucket.

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  3. Tom has just kicked the bucket.

    Том щойно відкинув копита. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  4. He kicked the bucket.

    Він відкинув ратички. — deniko

    ruОн сыграл в ящик. — krevedko

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  5. Yanni's goat kicked the bucket over.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to die:
to break down beyond repair:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to die:
to break down beyond repair:

Origin

There are many theories as to where this idiom comes from, but the Oxford English Dictiona

There are many theories as to where this idiom comes from, but the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) suggests the following:

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

kicks the bucket, kicking the bucket, kicked the bucket, kicked the bucket
Base formkick the bucket · to kick the bucket
3rd person singularkicks the bucket
Present participlekicking the bucket
Past simplekicked the bucket
Past participlekicked the bucket

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykick the bucket
he, she, itkicks the bucket

Past simpleLesson

all personskicked the bucket

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kicked the bucket
he, she, ithas kicked the bucket

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill kick the bucket

Synonyms

92 synonyms
codeA1departB1exitB1expireC1passA2sinkB1succumbC2kick itbite the dustbuy the farmassume room temperatureauger inbe gathered to one's fathersbite the big one
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbucket list

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kiboshkickA1kickbackkickboxingkidA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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