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cookouts - 2 dictionary results

cook⋅out

[kook-out]
–noun
1. a party or entertainment featuring the cooking and eating of a meal out of doors.
2. the process of cooking and eating a meal outdoors.
3. a meal cooked and eaten in the open.
–adjective
4. of, pertaining to, or intended for use or consumption at a cookout.
Also, cook-out.


Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase cook out
cook·out   (kŏŏk'out')   
n.  A meal cooked and served outdoors.
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