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/ˈkuːk ʌp/ · cook·up
verb
  1. To prepare food by cooking or heating. Let me cook up some eggs and bacon before you go.
  2. To manufacture or invent something, often a deceit or falsehood. He really cooked up a good one this time, something about an airline disaster.
  3. To prepare a heroin dose by heating. The addict cooked up a fix in the alleyway.
Did you know? The phrase 'cook up' has been used in various contexts, including cooking, manufacturing, and inventing, but its most notorious use is in the context of heroin preparation, highlighting the dangers of substance abuse.

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Written by Lexi Wordsworth, Dictionary Editor 0 lookups Added Jul 15, 2026