bucket list

noun

, Informal.

1. 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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bucket list¹

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

Example Sentences

Mandvi also performed “Godot” in acting class long ago, and the play has long been on his bucket list.

From Los Angeles Times

If they want visitors to see Celtic Park as anything other than a bucket list venue - it would be nice if a global superstar said, just once, that he hated the place on the back of a chastening experience.

From BBC

Closing a playoff game, let alone a World Series championship, had always been on Buehler’s baseball bucket list.

From Los Angeles Times

This region truly blew me away and it’s only a few hours from Lisbon — definitely a spot for your travel bucket list.

From Salon

As a New York boy, Madison Square Garden has no doubt always been on his bucket list.

From Salon