Definition of cookout
: an outing at which a meal is cooked and served in the open;
also
: the meal cooked
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Rather than a shopping list for a weekend cookout, that's the inventory of goods stolen from Dry Dock Cafe in Algiers Point Thursday (March 22).
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Not so long ago, vegetarian options at cookouts were bleak.
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According to the criminal complaint filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court, Zoran Blagojevic, 40, had been invited to the victim's home in the 600 block of Verdant Drive in Elm Grove for a cookout the evening of March 2.
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So why not turn the backyard cookout area into exactly that?
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Petting zoo; bounce house, cookout; visits with Easter Bunny and more.
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One of our favorite charcoal grills There are few pleasures in life that outweigh that of a cookout, and there's really no question that charcoal grills are superior to gas grills.
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Becker Hall runs Hogs for the Cause, the annual charity barbecue cookout.
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Wet wipes or wet naps were a mid-century invention used for everything from diaper changes to messy barbecue cookouts.
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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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