Definition of cookout
: an outing at which a meal is cooked and served in the open;
also
: the meal cooked
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Nearby, the cookout with the bouncy castle continued.
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The Vernon Senior Center held a summer cookout, to celebrate Independence Day, on July 5.
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Celebrations may include festivals, street fairs, cookouts, family reunions, park parties, historical reenactments, or Miss Juneteenth contests.
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At the end of the day, the volunteers gathered at Northwest Park for a celebratory cookout for a job well done.
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The freelance graphic designer, who owns the Real Oakland, a clothing company, designed the flyer for the cookout.
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This Massachusetts brewery is a household name among beer geeks, and Haze is our pick for summer cookouts.
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That has left many companies (and customers) in Britain worried that summer cookouts may soon be off the menu.
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Another white women who called police on a black family’s barbeque in Oakland was memed and inspired another cookout at the same location.
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First Known Use of cookout
1947
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Definition of cookout for English Language Learners
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: a meal or party at which food is cooked and served outdoors
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Definition of cookout for Students
: a meal or party at which food is cooked and served outdoors
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