- cooked up
- cooked upcontrived. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) •
The whole thing seems so cooked up.
•What a cooked-up story! Of course, you don't believe it.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
cooked up
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cooked — [ kukt ] adjective cooked food has been heated and is ready to eat: Use different containers for cooked and uncooked beef. a dish of lightly cooked vegetables ─ opposite RAW … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cooked — UK [kʊkt] / US adjective cooked food has been heated and is ready to eat lightly cooked vegetables Cooked meats are available at the delicatessen counter … English dictionary
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cooked — mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. □ Pete is cooked, fried, boiled, baked drunk. □ Gary is calling a cab. He’s too cooked to drive … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
cooked up — mod. contrived. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) □ The whole thing seems so cooked up. □ What a cooked up story! Of course, you don’t believe it … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Cooked — Cook Cook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooked} (k[oo^]kt); p. pr & vb. n. {Cooking}.] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. [1913 Webster] 2. To concoct or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cooked — adj. Cooked is used with these nouns: ↑breakfast, ↑carrot, ↑chicken, ↑ham, ↑meat, ↑pasta, ↑vegetables … Collocations dictionary
cooked — What happens when an Mp3 is improperly ripped. An annoying hiccupping glitch noise in the song. Aw man, this Mp3 is cooked … Dictionary of american slang
cooked — What happens when an Mp3 is improperly ripped. An annoying hiccupping glitch noise in the song. Aw man, this Mp3 is cooked … Dictionary of american slang
cooked — un·cooked; … English syllables
cooked — adjective having been prepared for eating by the application of heat • Ant: ↑raw • Similar to: ↑au gratin, ↑baked, ↑barbecued, ↑grilled, ↑batter fried, ↑boiled, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
