/kook"owt'/ , n.
1. a party or entertainment featuring the cooking and eating of a meal out of doors.
2. the process of cooking and eating a meal outdoors.
3. a meal cooked and eaten in the open.
adj.
4. of, pertaining to, or intended for use or consumption at a cookout.
Also, cook-out .
[ 1945-50, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase cook out ]