cook up

verb

cooked up; cooking up; cooks up

1

: to prepare (food) for eating especially quickly

I can cook up some hamburgers.

He cooked this whole meal up in less than 30 minutes.

2

: to invent (something, such as an idea, excuse, etc.) to deal with a particular situation

They cooked up a scheme to fool their neighbor.

You'll have to cook an excuse up quickly.

Examples of cook up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But after seeing the plans that Silvera and his team cooked up, Marvel’s Brad Winderbaum, executive producer Sana Amanat and showrunner Dario Scardapane upped the ante by asking him to turn it into a oner. —Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026

Member's Mark Lemon Blondie Bars Nothing says summer quite like bright, citrusy flavors, and the Sam's Club bakery is cooking up exactly that in their latest dessert—Member's Mark Lemon Blondie Bars. —Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 6 June 2026

Those same Giants fired up their grill and cooked up 19 runs in one game (at Coors Field, but whatever). —Jayson Stark, New York Times, 5 June 2026

Kids ages four and up can join Dad to cook up special recipes in this Father's Day workshop. —Finch Walker, USA Today, 4 June 2026

Rhymes for cook up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup