Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cook off

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: cook off
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To eliminate by cooking.

verb

To heat alcohol in preparation for distilling liquor.

Transitive verb

verb

To pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.

American usage; Transitive verb

verb

As above, except to unintentionally wait so long that the grenade detonates.

American usage; Transitive verb

verb

To cause an accidental detonation of explosives due to excess heat.

Transitive verb

verb

To accidentally detonate as the result of excess heat.

Intransitive verb

verb

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

Example Sentences

"You have to cook off the excess liquid."
"Make sure you cook off all the juices before you turn the heat down."

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does cook off mean?: To eliminate by cooking.

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