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    BUCKET ALONG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Move hurridlyplay

    Example:

    The cars raced down the street

    Synonyms:

    belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "bucket along" is one way to...):

    go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bucket along"):

    barge; push forward; thrust ahead (push one's way)

    buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)

    dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s

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