Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cook up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: cook up
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To prepare (food or chemical substances) by cooking or heating.

Transitive verb

verb

To manufacture; to invent (something, often a deceit or falsehood); to counterfeit (something).

Transitive verb

verb

To prepare (heroin, opium, crack, or meth) by heating or otherwise manufacturing.

Slang

verb

To manufacture a significant amount of illegal drugs (LSD, methamphetamine, etc.).

Slang

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cook, up.

Example Sentences

"Let me cook up some eggs and bacon before you go."
"To cook up a batch of biodiesel, scientists stir together methanol and vegetable fat."
"Owsley Stanley started cooking up those famous purple LSD tabs."
"The financiers cooked up an instrument called a collateralized debt obligation."
"He really cooked up a good one this time, something about an airline disaster."
"For more than two years Thailand's ruling junta, which seized power in a coup in 2014, has been cooking up a constitution which it hopes will keep military men in control even after elections take place."

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

cook up a storm

Synonyms

fabricate manufacture make up invent vamp vamp up concoct

Questions

What does cook up mean?: To prepare (food or chemical substances) by cooking or heating.

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