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wait on tables

wait on tables is the alternative form of wait tables.

Meaning of wait tables

Verb

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

  1. (stative) To 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

Forms of wait on tables

third-person singular presentwaits on tables
present participlewaiting on tables
past participlewaited on tables
pastwaited on tables

Questions about wait on tables

What is wait on tables the alternative form of?
Wait on tables is the alternative form of wait tables.

Words near wait on tables in the dictionary

  1. wait on
  2. wait on hand, foot and finger
  3. wait on someone hand and foot
  4. wait on someone hand, foot and finger
  5. wait on someone hand, foot, and finger
  6. wait on tables
  7. wait one's turn
  8. wait out
  9. wait staff
  10. wait staffs
  11. wait state

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wait on tables (page history and authors); wait tables (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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