bucket list



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bucket list

A list of accomplishments or tasks one hopes to do or achieve before one dies. "Bucket" here is taken from the phrase "kick the bucket," meaning to die. Sky-diving is the number-one thing on my bucket list.
See also: bucket, list

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Wiktoriaveek-TAWR-yahPolish
Annunziataahn-noon-TSYAH-tahItalian
AurÉLia-Hungarian
Mcmahon[mek'ma:ən]
ValerieVAL-ə-ree (English), VAH-le-ree (German)English, German, Czech
Becker['bekə]