cookout
pronunciation
How to pronounce cookout in British English:
UK [ˈkʊkaʊt]
How to pronounce cookout in American English:
US [ˈkʊkˌaʊt]
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- Noun:
- an informal meal cooked and eaten outdoors
Word Origin
- cookout (n.)
- also cook-out, 1930, American English, from cook (v.) + out (adv.).
Example
- 1. Do you know what a healthy cookout is ?
- 2. When you were shopping for last weekend 's cookout , there 's one thing you may have missed : higher prices .
- 3. Hillary , chelsea , and I had a great time , getting together with my old friend bob reich and his family , and going with the other governors to a cookout at vice president bush 's house in the beautiful ocean-side town of kennebunkport .