cook-off
cook-off · cook-offs
A cooking contestA cooking contest.
Meaning
2 senses(US)A cooking contest.
(countable, uncountable)The accidental detonation of explosives as the result of excessive heat.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From cook + -off. Deverbal from cook off.Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.