cook up

phrasal 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

In photos from the event, Earle and her friends could be seen cooking up typical Thanksgiving foods, including slices of turkey, vegetables and rolls. —Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 20 Nov. 2025

There will be 25 T-shirts and 25 hoodies, which are each different and carry custom prints that Ungless cooked up. —Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 20 Nov. 2025

Between Peppermint Party inviting the Peanuts gang to Charlie Brown's house and Snoopy cooking up his own version of a Thanksgiving meal with Woodstock, the ragtag group of friends has quite a bit to sort out on Turkey Day, especially Charlie Brown, who was supposed to visit his grandmother. —Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025

Kona Grill On the north side of Brush Creek, Kona Grill will cook up seasonal dishes like pumpkin mocha martini and pumpkin lobster and mushroom ravioli. —Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for cook up

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