cook-offn.

Brit.

/ˈkʊkɒf/, U.S.

/ˈkʊkˌɔf/,

/ˈkʊkˌɑf/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cook v.¹, off adv.

Etymology: < cook v.¹ + off adv., after play-off n. Compare bake-off n.In sense 2 after to cook off at cook v.¹ Phrasal verbs.

Originally U.S.

1. A cookery competition, esp. one between non-professional contestants. Cf. bake-off n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition

match1531

goala1555

vie1568

skirmish1576

rencounter1594

drop-vie1598

duellism1602

duello1606

bout1609

duel1613

competition1618

matcha1637

tournament1638

contest1648

rencontre1667

pingle?1719

sprawla1813

go1823

bet1843

bucklea1849

comp1929

cook-off1936

title race1948

1936 Port Arthur (Texas) News 3 May d4/3 There will be a grand cook-off with five sectional winners competing.

1973 News (Mexico City) 29 July (Vistas Suppl.) 5/4 Included in the event are a cookoff, taste-in (for $1 one can sample the top five recipes in each of the three categories), country dinner ($2.50 for roast beef, coleslaw, cornbread and black-eyed peas), gospel singing.

1990 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) May 33/2 Three finalists were invited to GH for the cook-off, which was judged by..[a] restaurant critic.

2001 Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) 18 May (Friday Suppl.) 2/2 The Good Food and Wine Show..promises to be the hub of action, hosting a battery of exhibitions, chef master-classes, cook-offs and special foodie events.

2. Military. The spontaneous detonation of ammunition or explosives as a result of overheating; an instance of this. Cf. to cook off at cook v.¹ Phrasal verbs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > exploding > an explosion (of fire, gunpowder, etc.)

displosion1656

explosion1681

bursta1719

exploding1770

blow-up1807

airquake1891

cook-off1947

1947 Army Ordnance (Washington, D.C.) June 470/2 This peculiar phenomenon was the only example he had seen in examining thousands of ammunition dump-fire cook-offs.

1965 Explosive Trains (U.S. Army) iv. 52/1 The environment to which the packaged explosive charge is exposed may be well above the cook-off temperature of the charge, but the explosive may be detonated before it reaches a dangerous temperature.

1993 Soldier of Fortune Feb. 30/1 All of this is supposed to provide a more substantial heat sink to..reduce the possibility of a cook-off when the weapon is employed.

2020 States News Service (Nexis) 7 Jan. Ammo in the Merkava [tank] is stored in the crew compartment in flame-resistant plastic containers. While these containers can delay the cook-off of ammunition, Merkavas have suffered catastrophic failures when their ammunition load was hit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cook-off
释义	cook-offn. Brit. /ˈkʊkɒf/, U.S. /ˈkʊkˌɔf/, /ˈkʊkˌɑf/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cook v.¹, off adv. Etymology: < cook v.¹ + off adv., after play-off n. Compare bake-off n.In sense 2 after to cook off at cook v.¹ Phrasal verbs. Originally U.S. 1. A cookery competition, esp. one between non-professional contestants. Cf. bake-off n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition match1531 goala1555 vie1568 skirmish1576 rencounter1594 drop-vie1598 duellism1602 duello1606 bout1609 duel1613 competition1618 matcha1637 tournament1638 contest1648 rencontre1667 pingle?1719 sprawla1813 go1823 bet1843 bucklea1849 comp1929 cook-off1936 title race1948 1936 Port Arthur (Texas) News 3 May d4/3 There will be a grand cook-off with five sectional winners competing. 1973 News (Mexico City) 29 July (Vistas Suppl.) 5/4 Included in the event are a cookoff, taste-in (for $1 one can sample the top five recipes in each of the three categories), country dinner ($2.50 for roast beef, coleslaw, cornbread and black-eyed peas), gospel singing. 1990 Good Housek. (U.K. ed.) May 33/2 Three finalists were invited to GH for the cook-off, which was judged by..[a] restaurant critic. 2001 Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) 18 May (Friday Suppl.) 2/2 The Good Food and Wine Show..promises to be the hub of action, hosting a battery of exhibitions, chef master-classes, cook-offs and special foodie events. 2. Military. The spontaneous detonation of ammunition or explosives as a result of overheating; an instance of this. Cf. to cook off at cook v.¹ Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > exploding > an explosion (of fire, gunpowder, etc.) displosion1656 explosion1681 bursta1719 exploding1770 blow-up1807 airquake1891 cook-off1947 1947 Army Ordnance (Washington, D.C.) June 470/2 This peculiar phenomenon was the only example he had seen in examining thousands of ammunition dump-fire cook-offs. 1965 Explosive Trains (U.S. Army) iv. 52/1 The environment to which the packaged explosive charge is exposed may be well above the cook-off temperature of the charge, but the explosive may be detonated before it reaches a dangerous temperature. 1993 Soldier of Fortune Feb. 30/1 All of this is supposed to provide a more substantial heat sink to..reduce the possibility of a cook-off when the weapon is employed. 2020 States News Service (Nexis) 7 Jan. Ammo in the Merkava [tank] is stored in the crew compartment in flame-resistant plastic containers. While these containers can delay the cook-off of ammunition, Merkavas have suffered catastrophic failures when their ammunition load was hit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936
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