wait tables

verb

To wait as a server in a restaurant or other dine-in eatery.

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Meanings

verbwait tables (third-person singular simple present waits tables, present participle waiting tables, simple past and past participle waited tables)

present singular third person waits tables · participle present waiting tables · participle past waited tables · past waited tables · alternative wait on tables

  1. stativeTo wait as a server in a restaurant or other dine-in eatery.

    At 21, I moved to New York City to pursue acting. I waited tables, auditioned, pieced together a life out of odd jobs and ambition.

    2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026
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APA

wait tables. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wait%20tables

MLA

“wait tables.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wait%20tables. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wait tables,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wait%20tables.

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