cook up

verb

1. informal,  to concoct or invent (a story, alibi, etc)

2. to prepare (a meal), esp quickly

3. slang,  to prepare (a drug) for use by heating, as by dissolving heroin in a spoon

noun

1. (in the Caribbean) a dish consisting of mixed meats, rice, shrimps, and sometimes vegetables

Idioms and Phrases

Fabricate, concoct, as in She's always cooking up some excuse. [Colloquial; mid-1700s]

Example Sentences

"It is time to just show the people what we were cooking up," Rihanna told reporters.

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Nothing new there--California’s very name was cooked up in a 15th-Century Spanish novella that describes a rich land ruled by Queen Calafia and Amazons armed with golden spears.

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Chickens are preferred for those cooking up a New Year's feast on a budget.

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She uploads daily videos to her YouTube channel, cooking up recipes like shrimp gumbo casserole and peaches and cream muffins for her nearly 600,000 subscribers to feast on.

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Were Ukraine and Europe about to get cut out of a deal cooked up behind closed doors by the world's two foremost nuclear powers?

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