English Explanatory Dictionary

cook back

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.

Word forms

cook back cooks back cooking back cooked back

Etymology

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

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