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

After a cameo in 2025’s Superman, Alcock returns as Supergirl for the second big-screen feature in the DC slate cooked up by bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2026

Any major moves the franchise is still cooking up ahead of the draft and into free agency will likely revolve around finding a solution to that problem — seemingly the only one the Panthers have ahead of the season. — Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026

Ina Garten has been cooking up something that goes far beyond her favorite recipes. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2026

Such developments demonstrate how Nike can cook up fresh takes on the 43-year-old sneaker and suggest a fun era for the shoe is underway. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 23 June 2026

Rhymes for cook up

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