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barkeep en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɑː(ɹ)ˌkiːp/ (UK)
  • /ˈbɑɹˌkiːp/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

From bar + keep, a clipping of barkeeper.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A bartender.
    • Barkeep, a couple of beers here, please? 1999: Frasier (TV, episode 6.13)
    • I sez to the barkeep' o' the hotel, "Show me the biggest doctor here." 1873, Bret Harte, Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barkeeps Number=Plur lexicographic

barkeep en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbɑː(ɹ)ˌkiːp/ (UK)
  • /ˈbɑɹˌkiːp/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

From bar + keep, a clipping of barkeeper.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To bartend; to keep a bar; to act as a barkeep.
    • I barkeeped in Pontiac, Michigan and, later in Detroit and Ypsilanti. 2001, Bert G. Osterberg, chapter 1, in Silas Cully's Tavern Tales: Stories, Jokes, and Recipes from a Nineteenth Century Barkeeper, page 24:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barkeeps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
barkeeped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
barkeeped Tense=Past lexicographic
barkeeping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

barkeeper