cook up

C c

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [koo k uhp]
- /kʊk ʌp/
- /kʊk ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [koo k uhp]
- /kʊk ʌp/

Definitions of cook up words

phrasal verb cook up If someone cooks up a dishonest scheme, they plan it. 3
phrasal verb cook up If someone cooks up an explanation or a story, they make it up. 3
phrasal verb cook up If you cook up a quantity of food, especially a large quantity, you heat it until it is ready to be eaten. 3
verb cook up to concoct or invent (a story, alibi, etc) 3
verb cook up to prepare (a meal), esp quickly 3
verb cook up to prepare (a drug) for use by heating, as by dissolving heroin in a spoon 3

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Origin of cook up

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; (noun) Middle English cok(e), Old English cōc (compare Old Norse kokkr, German Koch, Dutch kok) < Latin cocus, coquus, derivative of coquere to cook; akin to Greek péptein (see peptic); (v.) late Middle English coken, derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Cook up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Cook up

cook up popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for cook up

verb cook up

arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
concoct — If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
dream up — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.

All 17 Synonyms of cook up