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
Uilleag-Irish
KatherynKATH-ə-rin, KATH-rinEnglish
Xolani-Southern African, Zulu
Jacquelinezha-kə-LEEN (French), zhak-LEEN (French), JAK-ə-leen (English), JAK-ə-lin (English)French, English
Rhona-Scottish
ClemensKLE-mens (German)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman