cook up

Speech parts

1. cook up - Noun

2. cook up - Verb

Meaning

concoct something artificial or untrue

prepare or cook by mixing ingredients

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

cook-up

Synonyms

manufacture invent fabricate concoct cook clef form make design create produce plan hatch fudge vamp

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Antonyms

end close clear damage break display

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Hypernyms

cook make hatch ready prepare fix

Hyponyms

vamp spin concoct mythologize confabulate trump up

Related terms

cook-up rice

Examples

I write for a radio show that, no matter what, will go on the air Saturday at five o'clock central time. You learn to write toward that deadline, to let the adrenaline pick you up on Friday morning and carry you through, to cook up a monologue about Lake Wobegon and get to the theater on time. Garrison Keillor

A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft. L. Neil Smith

I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic. Francis Ford Coppola

Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops and duck a l'orange. Nadia Giosia

My job is to listen to ideas, maybe cook up a few of my own, and make decisions based on what's good for the shareholders and for the company. Phil Knight

concoct a strange mixture Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cook to perfection cook too long cook top cook up a storm cook up for cook very well