Meaning

1 senses

  1. To bartend; to keep a bar; to act as a barkeep.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. When the horse walked into the tavern, the barkeep asked, "Why the long face?"

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Origin

From bar + keep, a clipping of barkeeper.

From bar + keep, a clipping of barkeeper.

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Forms

barkeeps, barkeeping, barkeeped, barkeeped
Base formbarkeep · to barkeep
3rd person singularbarkeeps
Present participlebarkeeping
Past simplebarkeeped
Past participlebarkeeped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybarkeep
he, she, itbarkeeps

Past simpleLesson

all personsbarkeeped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave barkeeped
he, she, ithas barkeeped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill barkeep

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbarkeeper

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bariumbarkB1barleyB2barmanB1barmy
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