waitressing

American  

[wey-truh-sing] / ˈweɪ trə sɪŋ /

noun

1. the occupation of a waitress.

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Etymology

Origin of waitressing

First recorded in 1935–40; waitress + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Also exempt: performing music, hairstyling, waitressing, personal training, pet-sitting and substitute teaching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

As they work out their divorce terms, Patricia is waitressing and staying at the family home, which she can't afford on her own.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

While living in the Shelbourne Hotel, she took on roles very different from her wartime escapades, waitressing in cafes and selling frocks in Harrods, before taking a job as a cleaner on a passenger ship.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2024

She quickly went to work — cobbling together waitressing and other odd jobs, including giving dance lessons — while attending classes at Crafton College in Yucaipa.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023

She was good at anything that involved her hands, and she preferred the jobs where she did not have to work with customers, where she could be alone and thinking, to waitressing, secretarying, salesclerking.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng