bartending

English

Etymology 1

From bar +‎ tending.

Noun

bartending (uncountable)

  1. The craft of mixing drinks, making cocktails, and related skills of tending a bar.
    • 2023, Rylie Dark, Where You Go:
      "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.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

bartending

  1. present participle and gerund of bartend
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