cooked up

cook up

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Transcription

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

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

Definitions of cooked up words

verb with object cooked up to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting. 1
verb with object cooked up to subject (anything) to the application of heat. 1
verb with object cooked up Slang. to ruin; spoil. 1
verb with object cooked up Informal. to falsify, as accounts: to cook the expense figures. 1
verb without object cooked up to prepare food by the use of heat. 1
verb without object cooked up (of food) to undergo cooking. 1

See all 11 definitions of cooked up

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Origin of cooked 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 Cooked up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Cooked up

cooked 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".

cooked up usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for cooked up

adj cooked up

cooked-up — to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
in-correct — not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.

adjective cooked up

framed — (of a picture or similar) held in a frame.

All 3 Synonyms of cooked up