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cook back

cook back verb: to recook a drug (especially crack cocaine) in an aqueous solution (water) in order to isolate and concentrate the active ingredients, thereby increasing its potency.

Verb

cook back (third-person singular simple present cooks back, present participle cooking back, simple past and past participle cooked back)

  1. (transitive) To recook a drug (especially crack cocaine) in an aqueous solution (water) in order to isolate and concentrate the active ingredients, thereby increasing its potency.
    • This product is really low. You might need to cook it back.

Forms of cook back

third-person singular presentcooks back
present participlecooking back
past participlecooked back
pastcooked back

Origin of cook back

From cook + back, from the notion of cooking the drug back to its original purity/strength.

Words that rhyme with cook back

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Questions about cook back

What does cook back mean?
Cook back means to recook a drug (especially crack cocaine) in an aqueous solution (water) in order to isolate and concentrate the active ingredients, thereby increasing its potency.
What part of speech is cook back?
Cook back is a verb.
What is the past tense of cook back?
The past tense of cook back is cooked back.

Words near cook back in the dictionary

  1. Coojar
  2. coojas
  3. coojong
  4. coojongs
  5. cook
  6. cook back
  7. cook book
  8. cook books
  9. cook car
  10. cook cars
  11. Cook County

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