bucket down
Pour from above
Bucket down means to rain very heavily, as if water were being poured from buckets.
The phrase is primarily British: We were going to have a picnic, but it's bucketing down.
Sometimes shortened to just bucket: It bucketed all afternoon.
Violent weather with lightning
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- rainstormHeavy precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
monsoon · downburst · overcast · dark skies · weather front · atmospheric · low pressure · storm system
Flowing in violent streams
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
monsoon · gush · cascade · waterspout · spate · cats and dogs · pelting · lashing
Thoroughly wet throughout
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
- drippingRendered cooking fat
wet through · sopping · drenched · wringing wet · plastered · soggy · dampened · squelching
thunderstorm
Violent weather with lightning
cloudburst · monsoon · downburst · overcast · dark skies · weather front · atmospheric · low pressure · storm system · wild weather
torrential
Flowing in violent streams
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
inundation · monsoon · gush · cascade · waterspout · spate · cats and dogs · pelting · lashing · gullywasher
soaked
Thoroughly wet throughout
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- soddenSaturated with liquid
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
dripping · wet through · sopping · drenched · wringing wet · plastered · soggy · dampened · squelching · bedraggled
bucket downdrizzle
Very light precipitation
sprinkle · mist · spit · shower · light rain
bucket downdrought
Prolonged water scarcity
dry spell · bone dry · dry as a bone · not a drop · arid
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