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Meaning of cook up

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cook up

Pronunciation:

verb

Definitions

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

    Example: Let me cook up some eggs and bacon before you go.

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

    Example: He really cooked up a good one this time, something about an airline disaster.

  3. To prepare a heroin dose by heating.

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