Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cook up a storm

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: cook up a s-torm
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do a large amount of cooking at once; to prepare a great deal of cooked food.

Informal

verb

To cause a storm (weather phenomenon).

verb

To create a stormy situation; agitate or enrage.

verb

To make a big fuss, generate a lot of unnecessary talk or activity; make a scene.

verb

To make a splash; to create a spectacle.

Example Sentences

"When I started to lose weight, she started cooking up a storm."
"Karen and Dan luxuriated in the outdoors, and Carrie, too, enjoyed being in a house — small as it was — and cooking up a storm for us."
""Sounds like it's cooking up a storm outside." Jennifer nodded."
"In the time of the Armada the British witches got together and cooked up a storm. They did it again when Hitler was on the way."
"I briefly wondered if Saint Dane could possibly cook up a storm, but decided that as powerful as this guy was, he did have his limits. I didn't think he could change the weather."
"Given this information, my imagination was cooking up a storm of other disrupting possibilities. I slept badly and woke up sick to my stomach."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

cooks up a storm (present, singular) cooking up a storm (participle, present) cooked up a storm (participle, past) cooked up a storm (past)

Frequently Paired Words

shitstorm

Questions

What does cook up a storm mean?: To do a large amount of cooking at once; to prepare a great deal of cooked food.

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