Etymology

From bar +‎ keepCategory:English compound terms#BARKEEP, a clipping of barkeeper.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹˌkiːp/Category:English 2-syllable words#BARKEEPCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BARKEEP
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)ˌkiːp/Category:English 2-syllable words#BARKEEPCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BARKEEP

Noun

barkeep (plural barkeeps)Category:English lemmas#BARKEEPCategory:English nouns#BARKEEPCategory:English countable nouns#BARKEEPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BARKEEPCategory:Pages with entries#BARKEEPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BARKEEP

1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#BARKEEP) A bartender.
   • 1873, Bret Harte, Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands:

     I sez to the barkeep' o' the hotel, "Show me the biggest doctor here."

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   • 1999: Frasier (TV, episode 6.13)

     Barkeep, a couple of beers here, please?

Verb

barkeep (third-person singular simple present barkeeps, present participle barkeeping, simple past and past participle barkeeped)Category:English lemmas#BARKEEPCategory:English verbs#BARKEEPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BARKEEPCategory:Pages with entries#BARKEEPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BARKEEP

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BARKEEP) To bartend; to keep a bar; to act as a barkeep.
   • 2001, Bert G. Osterberg, chapter 1, in Silas Cully's Tavern Tales: Stories, Jokes, and Recipes from a Nineteenth Century Barkeeper‎, page 24:

     I barkeeped in Pontiac, Michigan and, later in Detroit and Ypsilanti.

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Anagrams

• prebake