bartend

English

Alternative forms

bar-tend

Etymology

Verb

bartend (third-person singular simple present bartends, present participle bartending, simple past and past participle bartended)

(intransitive) To tend a bar; to act as a barman.
- 2010 July 2, Ari Karpel, “On His Terms, Unbranded”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  “I bartended in that room,” [Mark Ruffalo] said, gesturing toward a space with cushy chairs.
- 2012, Lisa Genova, Love Anthony, →ISBN:
  Jimmy used to scallop from October to March and bartend a few shifts here and there over the summers when scalloping is prohibited.
- 2021 June 29, Cathi Hanauer, “A Humbled Millennial Goes Home to New Jersey to Find Herself”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:
  In Sea Point, Kate bartends at the Wharf, works at the library and schemes to win back her ex, while facing long-held resentments — namely, feeling overshadowed by her sister and annoyed that, despite stellar academic qualifications, she couldn’t attend the pricey prep school Miles and Ziggy did.

Anagrams

Barendt, tend bar