cooked

1 of 2

past tense and past participle of cook entry 2

cooked

2 of 2

adjective

ˈku̇kt 

1

informal : certain to experience a very bad outcome

… the game only autosaves at the start of each mission. If you die and haven't saved, then you're cooked.

—Joe Chivers

There's a real difference between understanding that this is a deadly serious situation and … saying, "We're cooked." We are not cooked.

—Brian Schatz, quoted at The New Yorker (online)

2

informal

a

: tired, exhausted

… I was so tired, cooked, fried, done, kaput the other night.

—Marty Miller, quoted at Vulture.com

We just got finished with conditioning, so I was cooked, I was tired.

—Deshaun Watson, quoted at Heavy Sports (online)

b

: washed-up, ruined

He was cooked. It was a shame to see a guy who was once so talented to just not be able to play anymore.

—Dave Zangaro

One cancellation—whether it be by the platform itself or the court of public opinion—and you're cooked.

—Solo Ceesay

c

: no longer functioning

My phone is cooked.

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1793, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Phrases Containing cooked

• cooked breakfast
• cooked through
• hard-cooked
• home-cooked
• Their goose was cooked

Rhymes for cooked

• precooked
• uncooked
• unhooked
• booked
• brooked
• hooked
• looked
• overlooked
• undercooked