uncook

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verb

To undo the act of cooking.

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Meanings

verbuncook (third-person singular simple present uncooks, present participle uncooking, simple past and past participle uncooked)

present singular third person uncooks · participle present uncooking · participle past uncooked · past uncooked

  1. transitiveTo undo the act of cooking.

    You can't uncultivate anything, in the same way you can't uncook your food.

    2019, Andy Brennan, Uncultivated, page 65
  2. slangtransitivecomputingTo repair (an MP3 audio file) that has been damaged ("cooked") by being converted through a text format and having line breaks applied to it.

    Hi all! I have developed a freeware utility to uncook MP3's...

    1999, y2kilroy, “New Freeware Utility to uncook mp3's!”, in alt.music.mp3 (Usenet)
    1 more example

    If you "uncook" a file that isn't "cooked" you will just mess it up (and I don't know of any way to fix it then) - so uncooking should be used with caution (I'd suggest never over-writing the original file).

    2000, Xorys, “Creating audio CD from mp3 files”, in alt.music.mp3 (Usenet)

Origin

From un- + cook.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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