n.
Function: intransitive verb
Date: 14th century
1 : to prepare food for eating especially by means of heat <French cook ing >
2 : to undergo the action of being cooked <the rice is cook ing now>
3 : OCCUR , HAPPEN <find out what was cook ing in the committee>
4 : to perform, do, or proceed well <the jazz quartet was cook ing along> <the party cook ed right through the night>
transitive verb
1 : CONCOCT , FABRICATE ― usually used with up < cook ed up a scheme>
2 : to prepare for eating by a heating process
3 : FALSIFY , DOCTOR < cook ed the books with phony spending cuts and accounting gimmickry ― Colleen O'Connor>
4 : to subject to the action of heat or fire
– cook · able \ ' ku ̇ -k ə -b ə l \ adjective
– cook one's goose : to make one's failure or ruin certain