noun
A list of experiences one would like to have or of accomplishments one aspires to in one's lifetime.
Origin of bucket list
From the phrase kick the bucketbucket list
bucket list
Swimming with dolphins might be on your bucket list.
The definition of a bucket list is the list of things that you want to do or see before you die.
Climbing Mt. Fuji and swimming with dolphins are examples of things on a bucket list.
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Noun
(plural bucket lists)
- A list of things to accomplish before one's death. [Circa 2007]
- Used other than as an idiom: see bucket, list.
- As it processes elements on a bucket list, a processor sets their node flags to 1.
Origin
Derived from kick the bucket (“to die”) + list; hence “list of things to do before you die”. Coined by screenwriter Justin Zackham in his screenplay for the 2007 film The Bucket List; articles about the movie are the earliest known uses.
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