Dictionary

overcook en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /oʊ.vɚ.kʊk/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From over- + cook.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cook for too long or at too high a temperature.
2. (slang, transitive) To do something to excess; to overdo; to ruin due to excessive effort.
   • The runner overcooked it on the first lap, and ended up finishing last.

Forms

Antonyms

undercook

Deriveds

overcooker

Translations (19)

ru перевари́ть (cook for too long — see also overdo) · ru пережа́рить (cook for too long — see also overdo) · cmn 過頭 /过头 (cook for too long — see also overdo) · de totkochen (cook for too long — see also overdo) · kix thǖ-ōi (cook for too long — see also overdo) · es cocinar de más (cook for too long — see also overdo) · pl rozgotować (cook for too long — see also overdo) · es recocer (cook for too long — see also overdo) · fr surcuire (cook for too long — see also overdo) · hu túlfőz (cook for too long — see also overdo) · de verkochen (cook for too long — see also overdo) · es cocer demasiado (cook for too long — see also overdo) · es retecocer (cook for too long — see also overdo) · grc ὑπεροπτάω (cook for too long — see also overdo) · fi ylikypsentää (cook for too long — see also overdo) · es sobrecocer (cook for too long — see also overdo) · is ofelda (cook for too long — see also overdo) · pl rozgotowywać (cook for too long — see also overdo) · de zerkochen (cook for too long — see also overdo)