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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Yellowstone is on millions of travelers’ summer bucket list, but visiting in the off-season has its benefits. Shelby Knick, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 Then put these activities on your trip bucket list: biking on the 30 miles of paved trails, playing a round at one of five championship golf courses, savoring the uncrowded beaches, and attending the resort’s weekly oyster roast and barbecue in the summer. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025 If food is your main motivation for traveling, this is no doubt a bucket list destination worth carving an entire trip around. Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025 Meeting Middleton had been on the teen’s bucket list, and in October the princess obliged. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 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 20 Mar. 2025.

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