chef up

verb

To prepare a meal.

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Meanings

verbchef up (third-person singular simple present chefs up, present participle cheffing up, simple past and past participle cheffed up)

present singular third person chefs up · participle present cheffing up · participle past cheffed up · past cheffed up

  1. transitivecookingTo prepare a meal.
  2. transitivecookingTo make a dish using advanced culinary techniques and unusual ingredients or combinations of ingredients; to add such techniques and ingredients to a classic dish.
  3. Multicultural London EnglishslangtransitiveTo attack with a knife.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
borejuice up
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APA

chef up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chef%20up

MLA

“chef up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chef%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chef up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chef%20up.

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