Definition of drop in the bucket

drop in the bucket    

noun

• something with little effect because - compared to everything else - it's very small.
  • See more words with the same meaning: unimportant, useless.

  Last edited on Nov 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'unimportant, useless':
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
big deal	Definitions include: sarcastic interjection to espouse one's belief that the subject isn't a big deal.
Mickey Mouse	Definitions include: ghetto
chicken-sh*t	Definitions include: feeble.
piss-ant	Definitions include: a person who is inconsequential, irrelevant, small, unimportant, or worthless.
pap	Definitions include: a person who isn't liked in general.
small potatoes	Definitions include: something insignificant.
big whoop	Definitions include: a big deal.
two-bit	Definitions include: insignificant.
as much use as a chocolate teapot	Definitions include: useless.
no biggie	Definitions include: an unimportant thing.
nothingburger	Definitions include: something that could be interpreted as important, when in fact it is not.
as much use as a chocolate fireguard	Definitions include: useless.
fluff	Definitions include: to have sex.
BFD	Definitions include: acronym of "big fucking deal."
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Other terms relating to 'bucket':
bit bucket	Definitions include: the place where all deleted, lost, or misdirected data goes to.
brain bucket	Definitions include: a protective helmet, often used by skaters.
bucket	Definitions include: a vehicle in poor condition; "hooptie".
bucket list	Definitions include: a list of things a person wants to do before they "kick the bucket" (i.e. die.)
bucket of worms	Definitions include: loose, and nasty.
dumber than a bucket of hammers	Definitions include: extremely unintelligent.
dumber than a coal bucket	Definitions include: very quiet.
kick the bucket	Definitions include: to die.
scum-bucket	Definitions include: a bad person.
scuzz-bucket	Definitions include: dirty or worthless person.
sluntbucket	Definitions include: an extreme slunt.
sluntbucketry	Definitions include: The craft and practice of being a slunt.
sl*t bucket	Definitions include: a tremendous slut.
spunk bucket	Definitions include: a female used solely for sex.
thirst bucket	Definitions include: a person who is overly eager or anxious.
Other terms relating to 'drop':
at the drop of a hat	Definitions include: at any moment; without persuasion
DDG	Definitions include: acronym for "drop dead gorgeous".
DOL	Definitions include: acronym for "drop out loser".
don't drop the soap dawg	Definitions include: to be anally raped in jail.
drop	Definitions include: to take drugs, usually LSD ("acid") or Ecstasy (MDMA).
drop a beat	Definitions include: in music, to play a beat.
drop a bomb	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
drop a C-bomb	Definitions include: See C-bomb.
drop a chalupa	Definitions include: have a bowel movement.
drop a coil	Definitions include: to defecate. usually used in a mock-sensuous way or in a lighthearted manner.
drop a deuce	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
drop a dime	Definitions include: to inform the authorities (e.g. police) that someone was involved in a crime.
drop a dookie	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
drop a duce	Definitions include: misspelling of drop a deuce.
drop a fat lip	Definitions include: to place a large amount of dip (chewing tobacco) between one's cheek and jaw.
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Other terms relating to 'in':
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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