cook up

Definition of Cook Up in English :

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Verb

1. concoct, cook up

prepare or cook by mixing ingredients

Example Sentences:
'concoct a strange mixture'

concoct

2. cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture

make up something artificial or untrue

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cook Up

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verb (tr, adverb)

1. informal

to concoct or invent (a story, alibi, etc)

2.

to prepare (a meal), esp quickly

3. slang

to prepare (a drug) for use by heating, as by dissolving heroin in a spoon

noun cook-up

4.

(in the Caribbean) a dish consisting of mixed meats, rice, shrimps, and sometimes vegetables

Cook Up

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Informal

to concoct; devise; invent

to cook up an alibi

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v. cooked, cook·ing, cooks

v.tr.

1. To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat.

2. To prepare or treat by heating: slowly cooked the medicinal mixture.

3. Slang To alter or falsify so as to make a more favorable impression; doctor: disreputable accountants who were paid to cook the firm's books.

v.intr.

1. To prepare food for eating by applying heat.

2. To undergo application of heat especially for the purpose of later ingestion.

3. Slang To happen, develop, or take place: What's cooking in town?

4. Slang To proceed or perform very well: The band really got cooking after midnight.

n.

A person who prepares food for eating.

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