chef

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.

   • The Chef's peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board.
2. 2

   The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

   • The cause of the disturbance, it appeared, was the angry little chef of Sir Francis Clavering's culinary establishment.
3. 3

   Any cook.

   • My partner is the chef of the household, while I do most of the cleaning.
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   1. 4

      One who manufactures illegal drugs

      One who manufactures illegal drugs; a cook.

      • But trying to stop all the nation's meth chefs makes as much sense as building a wall along the Mexican border.
   2. 5

      A reliquary in the shape of a head.

   3. 6

      To work as a chef

      To work as a chef; to prepare and cook food professionally.

      • It was Brick who talked on alumni relations with the active chapters and who cheffed at our steak fry (more of that later) and Mrs. Cowles who took over […]
      • I cheffed part-time at a nice restaurant in town.
      • He opened Oakleys in 2002, having formerly cheffed at the late, much-missed Something Different and, before that, world-renowned kitchens in Chicago […]
   4. 7

      To stab with a knife, to shank.

      • He got cheffed up proper.
      • Still on my knife work chef him up with that rambo
      • Child just said he'd "chef me up". I said not hungry, but it restored my faith in young generation, offering to cook for strangers.
   5. 8

      To impress others.

      • thinkin' that I be cheffin'.'

The neighborhood

• neighborchef de cuisine
• neighborchef de mission
• neighborchef de rang
• neighborchef d'oeuvre
• neighborchef d'œuvre
• neighborchef-d'œuvre