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barista

noun
/bəˈɹiːs.tə/UK/bəˈɹis.tə/US/bəˈɹɪs.tə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian barista (“bartender”, literally “barist”), from bar (from English bar) + -ista (“-ist”); compare barman.

  1. derived from bar
  2. borrowed from barista

Definitions

  1. A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.

  2. To work as a barista.

    • Nevertheless, we’ll both be done with barista-ing soon.
    • We hadn’t exchanged a word since our stupid tiff at TSB—we’d just baristaed side by side in silence, which isn’t easy when your workspace is the size of a broom closet.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA