Antonyms for kick bucket

Grammar : Verb

Spell : buhk-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌk ɪt

Definition of kick bucket

Origin : mid-13c., from Anglo-French buquet "bucket, pail," from Old French buquet "bucket," which is from a Germanic source, or a diminutive of cognate Old English buc "pitcher, bulging vessel," originally "belly" (buckets were formerly of leather as well as wood), both from West Germanic *buh- (cf. Dutch buik, Old High German buh, German Bauch "belly"), from PIE *bhou-, variant of root *bheu- "to grow, swell" (see be).
Kick the bucket "to die" (1785) perhaps is from unrelated Old French buquet "balance," a beam from which slaughtered animals were hung; perhaps reinforced by the notion of suicide by hanging after standing on an upturned bucket (but Farmer calls attention to bucket "a Norfolk term for a pulley").

As in pass away : verb die
As in perish : verb die, decline, decay
As in bite the dust : verb pass away
As in buy the farm : verb pass away
As in drop dead : verb die
As in kick the bucket : verb die
As in : verb die
As in die : verb pass away; stop living
As in expire : verb come to an end

Synonyms for kick bucket

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