bartend

American  

[bahr-tend] / ˈbɑrˌtɛnd /

verb (used without object)

1. to serve or work as a bartender.

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Etymology

Origin of bartend

Back formation from bartender

Example Sentences

“I bartend tonight from 6:30 p.m. until 11,” Venus Binkley says, with an exaggerated eye roll, as he settles in for an interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Recently one of my co-workers quit his day job, and moved onto the property, to bartend full time.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2022

Gemma Stone used to bartend full-time at Lips in Fort Lauderdale, earning nearly $1,500 a week.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018

In Greensboro, North Carolina, Kloecker recruited city water employees and students from a Cape Fear River Basin program at Guilford College to bartend at a pop-up event in October.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2016

Here's the bartend, Wil-lin-mix-ah, The head waitress, Goo-too-loo-kat, The great golfer, Hoo-beets-boh-ghee, And the caddy, Skip-an-fetch-it, Waiting all to do you honour.

From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Leach, Henry