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

The series emanates a sense of urgency without cooking up abnormally dramatic situations. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

The Bellas cooked up a Hart Attack attempt, but Lainey Reid rolled through and hit a running knee. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

But two months also remain for Spoelstra to cook up something with the ingredients already in place. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026

In recent years, there's been something of an arms race as programs try to cook up the biggest and baddest training facilities that college football has to offer. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026

Rhymes for cook up

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