A list of things to do before dying, coined from the phrase âkicking the bucketâ (meaning death).
1. A list people with abruptly shorter life expectancy make about how to maximize/spend their last weeks/months/years
2. A check list or to-do list of goals started by twenty somethings who need to have their whole life planned out, who tend to live or die by that list and judge their success in life on how many things theyâve checked off
1. Guy 1: Did you hear John started doing UFC practice fights?! Guy 2: Yeah itâs on the bucket list he made after his doc told him his cancer is terminal
2. Guy 1: Austin says he wants to visit all 50 states before heâs 30. Guy 2: Why? Guy 1: He said itâs on his bucket list. Guy 2: What happens if he fails? Guy 1: Heâll probably go through life never feeling like a real man