bucket list

noun

: a list of things that one has not done before but wants to do before dying

Examples of bucket list in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The satisfaction of travel today is not just getting from one place to another in comfort or ticking off sights on a bucket list. Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024 People go to Kenya to go on these epic safaris and see all these bucket list animal species, and remember just traveling from the airport in Nairobi down to our campsite, which was in Southern Kenya outside of Amboseli National Park. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024 Fiennes’s casting also speaks to the rarity of a celebrated film and stage actor with an appetite to tick off a personal Shakespearean bucket list. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024 For Kylie Herd, an Australian passenger on Norwegian Dawn’s Feb. 25 southern Africa itinerary, cruising has been the best way to check places off her bucket list. Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024 As my world expanded, so did my adventure bucket list. Essence, 11 Mar. 2024 Lifestyle For Subscribers 17 groovy shops to add to your Palm Springs bucket list Feb. 8, 2023 In 2004, the home was taken apart once again following the dissolution of the Islip campus. Shane Reiner-Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024 Witnessing the natural phenomenon of the aurora borealis belongs on every traveler’s bucket list. Paul Rubio, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2024 Many hotels now offer pickleball as an on-site activity, and it’s become a bucket list item for vacationers. Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

from the phrase kick the bucket (to die)

First Known Use

2006, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bucket list was in 2006

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“Bucket list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bucket%20list. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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