Bartending
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The craft of mixing drinks, making cocktails, and related skills of tending a bar. uncountable
""I need to know if any of them took a specific drink order recently. An angel shot." The manager raised an eyebrow. "Angel shot? Isn't that--" Kelly nodded. In the bartending business, it was well known that an "angel shot" wasn't a real drink, but was instead a code word that women could use to signal that they were in trouble."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bartend form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Tom hasn't been bartending long."
Etymology
From bar + tending.
Related phrases
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