# cocktailing

Pronunciation: say "KOK-tay-ling" US /ˈkɑkˌteɪlɪŋ/, UK /ˈkɒkteɪlɪŋ/

## Noun

1. Paid work serving cocktails and other drinks to customers, typically as a cocktail waitress.
   - Simple: The job of serving drinks to customers in a bar, club, or restaurant.
   - _After years of cocktailing in downtown clubs, she finally trained as a bartender._
   - _The late hours of cocktailing wore her out, but the tips made it worthwhile._

## Origin

Formed from cocktail plus the suffix -ing.

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