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bucket list

buck·et list
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [buhk-it list]
    • /ˈbʌk ɪt lɪst/
    • /ˈbʌk.ɪt lɪst/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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".

bucket list usage trend in Literature

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