cook back

verb

To recook a drug (especially crack cocaine) in an aqueous solution (water) in order to isolate and concentrate the active ingredients, thereby increasing its potency.

“This product is really low. You might need to cook it back.”

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Meanings

verbcook back (third-person singular simple present cooks back, present participle cooking back, simple past and past participle cooked back)

present singular third person cooks back · participle present cooking back · participle past cooked back · past cooked back

  1. transitivedrugsTo recook a drug (especially crack cocaine) in an aqueous solution (water) in order to isolate and concentrate the active ingredients, thereby increasing its potency.

    This product is really low. You might need to cook it back.

Origin

From cook + back, from the notion of cooking the drug back to its original purity/strength.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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