Usually means: Cooking food beyond desired doneness.
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  1. overcook: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overcook: Merriam-Webster
  3. overcook: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. overcook: Collins English Dictionary
  5. overcook: Vocabulary.com
  6. overcook: Wordnik
  7. overcook: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. overcook: Wiktionary
  9. overcook: Dictionary.com
  10. overcook: Rhymezone
  11. overcook: FreeDictionary.org
  12. overcook: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. overcook: TheFreeDictionary.com

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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To cook for too long or at too high a temperature.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To do something to excess; to overdo.

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