cookout

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US/ˈkʊkaʊt/

noun

A gathering for a meal that is cooked and eaten outside; either a domestic barbecue or a larger social event.

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Meanings

nouncookout (plural cookouts)

plural cookouts

  1. USA gathering for a meal that is cooked and eaten outside; either a domestic barbecue or a larger social event.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
barbecue

Origin

From cook + out.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

outcook
Cite this entry
APA

cookout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookout

MLA

“cookout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookout. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cookout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookout.

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