waiter
waiter (wāt′ər)
noun
- a person who waits or awaits
- a man who waits on tables, as in a restaurant
- a tray for carrying dishes; salver
Etymology: ME waitere, watchman
waiter
n.
Converse of object
- ask: Or they ask the waiter to bring the menu.
- sing: Entertainment Coral pub lounge, equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment, dance floor and bar, and even singing waiters!
- tell: How do I tell the waiter I have a nut allergy?
- tip: It is customary to tip waiters 15 per cent of the bill.
- dress: Service is a delight from the black dressed waiters with their long white aprons.
- hire: Lupin insisted on having a hired waiter, and stood a half-dozen of champagne.
Converse of subject
- serve: Anyway, we had a lovely meal, served by a lovely waiter in a superb location.
Adjective modifier
- kilted: Enjoy exceptional entertainment with wine and a gourmet dinner served by our kilted waiters.
- dumb: Food prepared here can move easily to tables above and below via the dumb waiters.
- attentive: She seated herself at a small table alone, and an attentive waiter at once approached to take her order.
- rude: Quite fast, you catch the eye of one of the notoriously rude waiters, who will look you up and down and snap.
- Italian: I, mixed with an unknown Italian waiter - what am I?
- Spanish: That new Spanish waiter I was telling you about, Manuel, is bloody useless.
Modifies a noun
- service: Instead of waiter service, have a buffet bar.
Noun used with modifier
- cocktail: Sofas, table service, cocktail waiters and a DJ make it a great place for a couple of pre-club drinks.
- head: He was head waiter at St Andrews Golf Club Scotland.
- wine: On the next table the wine waiter is topping up glasses.
- comedy: Rachel Sylvester meets the comedy waiters paid to wreck your evening.
- restaurant: Robots take orders in restaurant Robot waiters are taking the orders in a restaurant in China.
Preposition: in
- restaurant: You should ask yourself how secure is handing your details to a waiter in a restaurant.
The best number fora dinner party istwoömyself and a damn good head waiter.
Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-downpatoiswhichissomething likethewaya Swiss waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive,God damn it, I split it so it will stay split.
A diplomat these days isnothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.
Browse dictionary entries near waiter
- Waite
- wait up for
- wait on
- wait for
- wait-a-bit
- wait
- waistline
- waistcoat
- waistcloth
- waistband
- waiting
- waiting game
- waiting list
- waiting period
- waiting room
- waitperson
- waitress
- waitstaff
- waive
- waiver
