What it means
- (verb) To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients. “I'm cooking bangers and mash.”
- (verb) To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients. “He's in the kitchen, cooking.”
- (verb) To be cooked. “The dinner is cooking on the stove.”
- (verb) To be uncomfortably hot. “Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there.”
- (verb) To execute by electric chair.
- (verb) To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
- (verb) To concoct or prepare.
- (verb) To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
- (verb) To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.) “Crank up the Coltrane and start cooking!”
- (verb) To play music vigorously. “On the Wagner piece, the orchestra was cooking!”
- (verb) To make the noise of the cuckoo.
- (verb) To throw.
Letter analysis
- Cooking contains 7 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
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- abandon
- abashed
- abashes
- abasing
- abating
- abbrevs
- abdomen
- abducts
- abetted
- abetter
- abettor
- abiding
- ability
- abjured
- abjures
- abolish
- aborted
Words starting with COO
- coo
- cooed
- cooing
- cook
- cookbook
- cookbooks
- cooked
- cooker
- cookeries
- cookers
- cookery
- cookie
- cookies
- cookout
- cookouts
- cooks
- cooky
- cool
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Words ending with ING
Common questions
What does Cooking mean?
To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.
How many letters are in Cooking?
Cooking has 7 letters.
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