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 See all Example Sentences for bucket list 

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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 3 May. 2024.

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