cook

cook
[[t]kʊk[/t]]
v. t.
1) to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting
2) to subject (anything) to the application of heat
3) cvb sts Slang. to ruin; spoil
4) inf Informal. to falsify, as accounts:
to cook the books[/ex]
5) to prepare food by the use of heat
6) (of food) to undergo cooking
7) inf to take place or develop:
What's cooking?[/ex]
8) cvb sts Slang.
a) to perform or do extremely well or with energy and style:
The band is really cooking tonight[/ex]
b) to be full of activity and excitement
9) mil phv cook off, (of a shell or cartridge) to explode or fire without being triggered as a result of overheating in the weapon chamber
10) phv+inf cook up, inf
to concoct or contrive, esp. falsely:
to cook up an excuse[/ex]
11) a person who cooks
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Etymology: bef. 1000; (n.) ME cok(e), OE cōc (cf. OS kok, OHG choh, ON kokkr) < L cocus, coquus, der. of coquere to cook; akin to Gk péptein (see peptic); (v.) late ME coken, der. of the n. cook′a•ble, adj.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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