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Added 9 October 2026

cooking

/ˈkʊkɪŋ/ noun

In Latin: coctūra Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cooking at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.
cooking can be a great art

Origin

From cook + -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the word cooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcom Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). It refers to cooking sherry, a kind of sherry used in cooking but not suitable for drinking on its own.

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