(kk) v.t.
1. To prepare for consumption by the action of heat, as by roasting or boiling.
2. Colloq. To tamper with surreptitiously; garble; falsify.
—v.i.
3. To do the work of a cook; act as a cook.
4. To undergo cooking.
—to cook (someone's) goose To kill or ruin one; frustrate one's schemes or plans.
—to cook up Colloq. To concoct or invent, as a plot. [<noun]
—noun One who prepares food for eating. [OE coc <L coquus]
—cook′er noun

(kk), James,
1728–1779, English explorer: known as Captain Cook.