cook off

verb

To eliminate by cooking.

“You have to cook off the excess liquid.”

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Meanings

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

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

  1. literallyTo eliminate by cooking.

    You have to cook off the excess liquid.

  2. transitiveliquorTo heat alcohol in preparation for distilling liquor.
  3. UStransitivegovernmentTo pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.
  4. UStransitivegovernmentAs above, except to unintentionally wait so long that the grenade detonates.
  5. transitivechemistryTo cause an accidental detonation of explosives due to excess heat.
  6. intransitivechemistryTo accidentally detonate as the result of excess heat.
  7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cook, off.

    Make sure you cook off all the juices before you turn the heat down.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

cook off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cook%20off

MLA

“cook off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cook%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cook off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cook%20off.

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