recook

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verb

To cook again.

OriginEnglish cook ← Middle English coken ← Old English cōc →
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Meanings

verbrecook (third-person singular simple present recooks, present participle recooking, simple past and past participle recooked)

present singular third person recooks · participle present recooking · participle past recooked · past recooked

  1. transitiveTo cook again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
  8. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
  9. Latin*quoquō
  10. Latincoquō
  11. Latincoquus
  12. Vulgar Latin*cocus
  13. Old Englishcōc
  14. Middle Englishcook
  15. Middle Englishcoken
  16. Englishcook
  17. Englishrecook

From re- + cook.

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Translations

Māori tāmahana, whakatāmahana
  • tāmahanacook again
  • whakatāmahanacook again
Polish odgrzać
  • odgrzaćcook again

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cookerCrooke
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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