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cook-off

noun

Etymology

Deverbal from cook off.

  1. borrowed from cocō — “to cook”
  2. inherited from *kokōn✻ — “to cook”
  3. inherited from *pekʷ-✻ — “to cook, become ripe”
  4. derived from cocus
  5. inherited from cōc — “a cook”
  6. inherited from cook
  7. suffixed as cook-off — “cook + off”

Definitions

  1. A cooking contest.

  2. The accidental detonation of explosives as the result of excessive heat.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA