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- [buhk-it list]
- /ˈbʌk ɪt lɪst/
- /ˈbʌk.ɪt lɪst/
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- [buhk-it list]
- /ˈbʌk ɪt lɪst/
Definitions of bucket list words
- noun bucket list a list of experiences one wants to have before one dies 3
- noun bucket list 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? 1
- noun bucket list A list of things to accomplish before one's death. 0
- noun bucket list Used other than as an idiom: see bucket, list. 0
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Origin of bucket list
First appearance:
before 2005 One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 2005-10; from the idiom kick the bucket ‘to die’
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Parts of speech for Bucket list
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bucket list popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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