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Meaning
Noun
●
In Cooking & Occupations:
A person who
prepares
food.
●
In Cooking:
The
head
cook
of a
manor
house.
●
In Cooking:
The
degree
or quality of
cookedness
of food.
●
In Occupations & People:
One who
manufactures
certain
illegal
drugs
, especially meth.
●
In Occupations:
A
session
of
manufacturing
certain
illegal
drugs
, especially meth.
●
A
fish
, the European
striped
wrasse
, Labrus mixtus.
●
In Chess:
An
unintended
solution
to a
chess
problem, considered to
spoil
the problem.
Verb
●
To
prepare
food for
eating
by
heating
it, often
combining
with other ingredients.
●
In Occupations & People:
To be cooked.
●
To be
uncomfortably
hot.
●
To
execute
by
electric
chair.
●
To
hold on
to a
grenade
briefly
after
igniting
the
fuse
, so that it
explodes
almost
immediately
after being thrown.
●
To
concoct
or prepare.
●
In Food and drink:
To
tamper
with or
alter
; to
cook
up.
●
In Jazz:
To
play
or
improvise
in an
inspired
and
rhythmically
exciting
way. (From 1930s
jive
talk.)
●
In Music:
To
play music
vigorously.
●
To
proceed
with some
advantageous
plan
or
course of action
; to be successful.
●
In People:
To make the
noise
of the cuckoo.
●
In British English:
To throw.
Name
●
An English
surname
originating
as an
occupation
for a
cook
or
seller
of
cooked
food. Famously
held
by James Cook, English
captain
and
explorer
of the Pacific Ocean, and for whom the Cook Islands, Cook Strait and Mount Cook were named.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
city
in Minnesota;
named
for
railroad
official
Wirth Cook.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
A
village
in Nebraska;
named
for
landowner
Andrew Cook.
●
A placename
A
locale
in the United States.
An
unincorporated
community
in Ohio;
named
for
landowner
Matthew S. Cook.
●
A placename
A
suburb
of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia;
named
for James Cook.
●
A placename
The Shire of Cook, a
local government
area in Far North Queensland, Australia.
●
A placename
A
ghost town
in South Australia, Australia;
named
for Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia.
●
A placename
A
river
in New Zealand.
●
An
electoral
division
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
cook
English
coken
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Cooker
Cook
Do
Bake
Stew
Jazz
Boil
Cook Off
Related
Fry
Bake
Roast
Chef
Reheat
Grill
Braise
Marinate
Defrost
Dish
Baker
Eat
Consume
Restaurant
Drink
Butcher
Microwave
Clean
Prepare
Steak
Rice
Kitchen
Chefs
Saute
Taste
Simmer
Wash
Risotto
Hunt
Buy
Burn
Feed
Sauté
Mix
Waiter
Sell
Refrigerate
Stew
Broil
Peel
Brown
Oven
Chew
Order
Heat
Dry
Captain
Maid
Purchase
Prep
Shop
Chicken
Soup
Sear
Deep Fry
Stir Fry
Pastry Chef
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Rhymes
Cook
Mook
Nook
Suck
Look
Cook
Fuck
Took
Hook
Gook
Book
Jook
Rook
Brook
Blook
Shook
Brook
Chook
Crook
Betook
Brooke
Mistook
Schnook
Outlook
Forsook
Uncrook
Chinook
Overcook
Overtook
Overlook
Undertook
Undercook
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