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

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World No 1 should be on her bucket list and no one in tennis would be surprised to see her there in the future. Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 May 2025 Returning from California, and what would become the finale of her bucket list, a debilitating pain was now radiating throughout Madison’s mid-section to include her back and reproductive organs. Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025 Aruba has been on my bucket list for a while, mainly because of its pristine beaches. Dominique Fluker, Essence, 1 May 2025 Ice Hotel – Sweden Sleeping at this frozen hotel is a bucket list experience. Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bucket list

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 8 May. 2025.

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