COOK UP meaning: Create or devise plan, story

We found 17 dictionaries that define the word cook up:

General (13 matching dictionaries)

cook up: Merriam-Webster
cook up: Collins English Dictionary
cook up: Vocabulary.com
cook-up: Wordnik
cook-up, cook up: Wiktionary
cook up: Dictionary.com
cook up: Rhymezone
cook up: FreeDictionary.org
cook up: Mnemonic Dictionary
cook up: TheFreeDictionary.com
cook up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

cook up: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

cook up: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

cook up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
cook up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cook up)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To prepare (food or chemical substances) by cooking or heating.
▸ verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To manufacture; to invent (something, often a deceit or falsehood); to counterfeit (something).
▸ verb:  (slang) To prepare (heroin, opium, crack, or meth) by heating or otherwise manufacturing.
▸ verb:  (slang) To manufacture a significant amount of illegal drugs (LSD, methamphetamine, etc.).
▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cook, up.

Similar:

concoct, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, cook, boil up, bake up, make, prepare, more...

Opposite:

dismantle, disassemble, unmake, undo, deconstruct

Types:

scrambled, fried, poached, boiled, shirred, omelette, quiche, more...

Phrases:

cook up a storm, cook up a plan with, cook up a plan, more...

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