cooking

verb (used with object)
1.
to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
2.
to subject (anything) to the application of heat.
3.
Slang. to ruin; spoil.
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4.
Informal. to falsify, as accounts:
to cook the expense figures.
verb (used without object)
5.
to prepare food by the use of heat.
6.
(of food) to undergo cooking.
7.
Slang.
to be full of activity and excitement:
Las Vegas cooks around the clock.
to perform, work, or do in just the right way and with energy and enthusiasm:
That new drummer is really cooking tonight. Now you're cooking!
to be in preparation; develop:
Plans for the new factory have been cooking for several years.
to take place; occur; happen:
What's cooking at the club?
noun
8.
a person who cooks:
The restaurant hired a new cook.
Verb phrases
9.
cook off, (of a shell or cartridge) to explode or fire without being triggered as a result of overheating in the chamber of the weapon.
10.
cook up, Informal.
to concoct or contrive, often dishonestly:
She hastily cooked up an excuse.
to falsify:
Someone had obviously cooked up the alibi.
Idioms
11.
cook one's goose. goose (def 11).
12.
cook the books, Slang. to manipulate the financial records of a company, organization, etc., so as to conceal profits, avoid taxes, or present a false financial report to stockholders.