Reverse Dictionary: COOK

ADJECTIVES
– cooked sufficiently; said of food ENOUGH 1854 Eng. dial.
– cooked to a very soft consistency • MUMBLED 1879
– dainty, tasteful; said of preparations in cookery NEAT 1611
– half cooked, half done SAM-SODDEN a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– pert. to cookery CULINARIOUS 1838 rare
– pert. to cookery MAGIRIC 1853 rare
– pert. to cookery MAGIRISTIC 1892
– skilled in cookery MAGIROLOGICAL 1814
– twice cooked or heated; said of food BACK-HET 1911 Sc. obs.
– underdone in cooking; said of food NEAR Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– underdone in cooking; said of meat SCRIMPT Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– whipped, curded CAST 1597 cookery usage

ADVERBS
• CULINARILY 1837 rare – with regard to cookery

NOUNS
– a cooking; a product of cooking COCTURE 1662 obs. rare
– a cooking of food COQUINATION 1658 obs.
– a cooking shed CABOOSE 1985 Cayman Islands
– a cook-shop PUDDING-KEN 19C cant
– a cook-shop PUDDING-SNAMMER E19 thieves’ sl.
– a fanciful name for a ‘company’ of cooks HASTINESS c1491 obs.
– a frying pan of food; a fry-up THE PAN 20C Ulster sl.
– an act of preparing food in a pot SHACKLE-UP 1935 sl.
– a quickly made dish or meal prepared by frying, often of cold cooked food FRY-UP 1967 sl.
– a style of cooking characteristic of the Texas-Mexico border region TEX-MEX 1949 Amer. sl.
– a tin can as an improvised cooking utensil GUNBOAT Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– cookery CURE a1400-50 obs.
– cookery CURY a1387 obs.
– cooking BABBLING 1962 US sl.
– cordon bleu cookery POSH NOSH 20C Brit. sl.
– something overcooked JAM-RAG 1869 Eng. dial. obs.
– something prepared for eating by frying in a pan SKIRL-IN-THE-PAN 1816 Sc.
– the art of cookery MAGIROLOGY 1814
– the art of cooking MAGIRICS 1889 rare
– the beam over the fire on which pots, kettles, etc., are hung RAIN-TREE;  RAN-TREE Bk1905 Sc. obs.
– the crust which adheres to a vessel in which food has been cooked; generally in plural SCOVIN 19C Sc.
– the hook of the crook from which pots hang over a fire in cooking BIKE Bk1911 Sc.
– the process or art of roasting meat; roast meats collectively HASTERY c1420 obs.
– the science of cooking for the stomach; hence, cookery, good eating GASTROLOGY 1810

NOUNS, PERSON
– a camp cook GRUB-CHOKER 1879 Amer. sl.
– a cook BEAN MASTER 1944 Amer. dial.
– a cook BEAN-SLINGER 1907 US Army & Navy sl.
– a cook BELLY-CHEATER 1910 Amer. jocular usage
– a cook BOARDINGHOUSE MAN Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook BOILER Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook CAN-OPENER 1918 US sl.
– a cook CHIEF OF THE DISHRAG 1864 US sl.
– a cook CHOW-SLINGER 1917 US military sl.
– a cook CHUCK SPOILER World War II Amer. sl.
– a cook COOKO 1919 US sl.
– a cook DOUGH BOXER Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook DOUGH-HEAD Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook DRAININGS Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook DRAINS Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook DUFF-MAKER 1836 US nautical sl.
– a cook FOOD BURNER Bk1942 Amer. dial.
– a cook GREASE BURNER Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook GREASE SPOT Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook GRUB-SLINGER 1912 Amer. sl.
– a cook GUT-BURGLAR 1925 Amer. logging sl.
– a cook HASH-BURNER 1941 US sl.
– a cook INTERIOR DECORATOR Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook KITCHEN MECHANIC Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook LADY OF THE FRYING-PAN 1809 obs. jocular usage
– a cook MAISTRY 1798 Indian
– a cook MEAT BURNER Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook MESS BOILER Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook MULLIGAN MIXER Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook POT RASSLER;  POT-RASTLER 1936 African-American sl.
– a cook POT-RUSTLER Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook POT-SLINGER 1908 US sl.
– a cook QUEEN OF THE DRIPPING-PAN 1809
– a cook SALLIE Bk1936 US cowboys’ sl.
– a cook SALMAGUNDY 18C colloq.
– a cook SALMON-GUNDY L18 colloq.
– a cook SPOIL-BROTH c1860 colloq.
– a cook STAR CHIEF Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook STEW BUILDER Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook STEW BUM Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook STOMACH ROBBER Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– a cook WATER BURNER 1950s Aust. sl.
– a cook ZOUAVE 20C Amer. sl., World War I usage
– a cook; a baker DOUGH BEATER;  DOUGH ROLLER World War II Amer. sl.
– a cook, a chef BELLY-PATCH 1795 UK sl.
– a cook; a chef POT WRESTLER 1947 Amer. sl.
– a cook; a cook’s helper in the lumber-camps COOKEE;  COOKEY;  COOKIE; COOKY 1776 sl.
– a cook; an apothecary, druggist POTINGARIE  1715 Sc. obs.
– a cook; an apothecary, druggist POTINGER 1715 Sc. obs.
– a cook; an apothecary, druggist POTTINGER 1715 Sc. obs.
– a cook; a ship’s cook GRUB-SPOILER 1883 sl.
– a cook at a camp or ranch BISCUIT ROLLER c1870 Amer. sl.
– a cook at a camp or ranch BISCUIT SHOOTER 1893 Amer. West. sl.
– a cook, esp. a bad one GREASEBALL 1930 Amer. dial.
– a cook, esp. a bad one DRIPPING c1860 sl.
– a cook, esp. a bad one GREASE SWABBER 1958 Amer. dial.
– a cook, esp. a bad one GUT-ROBBER 1919 US sl.
– a cook, esp. a cook on a sheep or cattle station POISONER 1905 Aust. & NZ jocular usage
– a cook, esp. a cook on a sheep station, army camp, etc. BABBLER 1904 Aust. & NZ rhyming sl., Babbling Brook
– a cook, esp. for a camp or for an isolated group of shepherds, musterers etc. BABBLING BROOK 1919 Aust. & NZ rhyming sl.
– a cook, esp. on a ship; a kitchen worker, one who cleans pots, a scullion, a person engaged in menial work POT-WALLOPER 1859 US sl.
– a cook, esp. one who works in a sheep station, army, camp, etc. BAB 1919 Aust. & NZ, from rhyming sl. ‘Babbling Brook’
– a cook in a cheap restaurant or cafe HASHER 1887 Aust. & US sl.
– a cook in the Merchant Navy HASH WRECKER Bk1950 nautical sl.
– a cook on an outback station BLACKSMITH 1933 Aust. sl., usually derogatory
– a cook on a ranch or trail drive DINERO 1920 Amer. dial.
– a cook on a ranch or trail drive SHEFFI 1920 Amer. dial.
– a cook on a ship or at a camp DOCTOR 1821 sl.
– a cook; one who works in a kitchen KITCHENIST a1618 obs. nonce word
– a cook or assistant cook MONGEY WALLAH World War I Eng. sl.
– a cook or cook’s helper GALLEY-HOUND 1919 US nautical sl.
– a cook or cook’s helper; usually as a nickname BEAN World War I Amer. sl.
– a cook; orig. a combination cook and chuck-wagon driver HASH DRIVER 1879 US sl.
– a cook’s assistant SLUSH COOK 1887 Amer. dial.
– a cook’s assistant SLUSH HANDLER 1956 Amer. dial.
– a cook’s helper BALL GRUNT Bk1945 criminals’ sl.
– a cook’s helper in a logging camp TAFFLE;  TAFFLER Bk1986 US lumberjacks’ usage
– a cook’s mate JACK-NASTY-FACE Bk1852 nautical  usage
– a cook’s steward GALLY-SWAB c1880 sl.
– a cook, usually one in a prison or camp GREASE POT 1914 US sl.
– a cook who uses little salt FRESH COOK Bk1942 Amer. dial.
– a female cook WHITE MARY Bk1892 Aust. Aboriginal usage
– a logging camp cook BELLY-BURGLAR;  BELLY-ROBBER c1915 Amer. sl., orig. Navy & Army usage
– a lowly hamburger cook in a fast-food restaurant BURGER-FLIPPER Bk2006 US sl.
– a male cook BABACHY;  BABBACHEE;  BOBACHEE;  BOBARCHEE;  BOBBERJEE 1810 Anglo-Indian
– a male cook DOG-COOK 1825 obs.
– a male cook, as on a ranch OLD WOMAN 1922 US sl.
– a male cook, as on a ranch or in camp OLD LADY 1892 US sl.
– a mess cook GALLEY SLAVE 1961 US Navy sl.
– an army cook BABBLINS Bk1919 Aust. services’ sl.
– an army cook RISSOLE KING Bk1919 Aust. services’ sl.
– an army cook SLUM BURNER 1930 military sl.
– an assistant cook in a mining or lumber camp FLUNKY 20C US sl.
– an assistant to a cook or cook; a kitchen servant, a scullion; also, a term of abuse, a man of low birth or status; a knave, a rogue, a scoundrel CUSTRON c1400 arch.
– an expert cook SAINT OF THE SAUCEPAN Bk1903 sl.
– an expert in cookery MAGIRIST 1814 rare
– an expert in cookery MAGIROLOGIST 1814 rare
– an Indian cook BAWURCHEE Bk1898
– an outback cook, a station cook; later, an army cook, a restaurant cook BAIT-LAYER 1900 Aust. & NZ sl.
– an outback cook, esp. cooking for a number of men GREASY 20C Aust. sl.
– an unskilled cook SIZZLER 1975 US sl.
– a pastry-cook POTTISEAR Bk1825
– a shearer’s cook SALLY THOMPSON c1910 Aust. rural sl.
– a ship’s cook; any cook SLUSHER L19 Aust.
– a ship’s cook, esp. as a nickname; any cook’ any unskilled kitchen or domestic help SLUSHEY;  SLUSHIE;  SLUSHY 1859 sl.
– a short-order cook in a cheap restaurant or hash house HASH HANDLER 1879 US colloq.
– a short-order cook in a cheap restaurant or hash house HASH HOISTER 1938 US colloq.
– a short-order cook in a cheap restaurant or hash house HASH SLINGER 1868 US colloq.
– the cook POTHOOKS Bk1945 US West. sl.
– the cook of a logging or construction camp; one who generally fried food SIZZLER 1925 Amer. dial.
– the master cook O.C. GREASE c1915 military sl.
– the men’s cook on a station THE DOCTOR Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– the woman cook MESS MOLL c1928 Amer. stage sl.
– a cook on a ranch or a cattle drive • COOSIE 1933 Amer. dial.
– a cook’s helper in a logging camp • CRUMB CHASER 1958 Amer. dial.
– a cook, esp. in an institution • GREASY L19 Aust. & NZ sl.

PHRASES
– said to put off a child when they ask, “What are you making?” CANIDDLING PIE 1968 Amer. dial.

VERBS
– to bake or roast thoroughly • SOAK 1848 Amer. dial.
– to coat with breadcrumbs or batter before frying PAD;  PAT 1968 Amer. dial.
– to cook BOX UP THE DOUGH 1907 Amer. loggers’ usage
– to cook BURN 1970 Amer. dial., African-American usage
– to cook a big meal, to prepare for visitors, to try to surpass oneself in such preparation PUT THE BIG POT IN THE LITTLE POT AND MAKE SOUP OUT OF THE LEGS 1909 Amer. dial.
– to cook anything too much SCRAWL Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– to cook badly or with a want of skill JABBLE Bk1902 Sc.
– to cook food, esp. game or fish, on a stick set in the ground next to an open fire • PONASK 1922 Can.
– to cook in a frying pan, shaking up from time to time • JUMP 1870
– to cook meat so that the outside is scorched while the inside remains raw; to dry RAZZLE 1876 Eng. dial.
– to cook or warm-up food in a microwave-oven NUKE 1984 colloq.
– to cook slowly in a covered pan SMOTHER 1839 Amer. dial.
– to cook, to boil; to prepare as food by the agency of fire DECOCT c1420 obs.
– to cook too hastily, to burn, to scorch; applied to badly-made toast or scones baked on an over-heated girdle HAISTER 1808 Sc.
– to cover meat with any rich sauce, ragout, etc. MASK 1877
– to make a sputtering noise in frying • FRIZZ 1834
– to make a sputtering noise in frying • FRIZZLE 1839
– to make emergency preparations to feed unexpected guests; to prepare a lavish meal, esp. for guests PUT THE BIG POT IN THE LITTLE POT 1892 Amer. dial.
– to mix thoroughly, to reduce to a smooth texture BRAID 1853 Amer. dial.
– to overdo in cooking; to make tough TEW Bk1905 Sc.
– to play the cook COQUINATE 1656 obs.
– to prepare food MAKE MEAT a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to provide a meal for unexpected company PUT THE LITTLE POT IN THE BIG POT AND STEW THE DISHRAG 1946 Amer. dial.
– to speedily prepare a dish or meal WHIP UP 1849 sl.
– to stir, to mix by stirring TOIL c1430 obs.
– to stuff an animal (a piece of meat) with force-meat (ground meat), herbs, etc. FARCE a1300 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
– to thicken soups, sauces, etc. LYE c1390 obs.
– to toast or roast foodstuffs, esp. nuts, grains, and the like; to pop corn PARCH 1622
– to warm up, as in cooking DECOCT 1599 obs.