BUCKET LIST Definition & Meaning

bucket list

noun

Informal.

a list of things a person wants to achieve or experience, as before reaching a certain age or dying:
a bucket list for a terminally ill patient;
What’s on your summer bucket list?

bucket list

noun

informal.
a list of experiences one wants to have before one dies

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Origin of bucket list¹

First recorded in 2005–10; from the idiom kick the bucket “to die”

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A more complete reimagining of the space remained on the club’s bucket list.

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As her childhood friend Emmanuel Carter remembers: “That was always on her bucket list.”

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What used to be a once-in-a-lifetime event for people in the UK – or a bucket list trip to the Arctic circle – has become more common in the last couple of years.

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"It's a band you'll never experience or see again and it's been on my bucket list for years," she said.

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The star, who recently shocked viewers by appearing in a blonde wig on the Masked Singer, urged podcast listeners to "write your bucket list now".

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