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bake off

noun, adj, verb — 8 senses

bake-off

nounalso spelled bake-off

Etymology From bake + -off.

1

A cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking.

  • The winner of the Pillsbury bake-off is obviously a very good cook and is respected for it.
2

Multicultural London English, Slang An occasion of the preparation of crack cocaine.

  • Got weapons and rocks in the whip, I need to make prof Youngest chef in the game, throw your bands on the stove and we can have a bake-off2019 February 18, “Fire In The Booth” (1:23 from the start)performed by Tunde (UK):

bake-off

adj
1

Of bread Prepared in advance, to be finished off by baking.

  • In its most speeded-up form, bake-off bread might need only a few minutes in the oven to give it a crust and some colour.2004, Wadebridge Ecological Centre, The Ecologist: Volume 34:
Related terms
cook-off, shake and bake

bake off

verb
1

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle To cook (something) by baking.

  • When you finish baking off the first batch, start the second.
2

To be cooked by baking.

  • The cake will finish baking off in an hour.
3

To cook off or reduce by baking.

  • Six pounds of batter will bake off to three pounds of prepared product.
4

Multicultural London English, Colloquial To relish one’s leisure, to hang around idly or possibly with recreational substances.

  • Learned a major lesson every time I took a major loss Times that I could have been making money, but I was baking off2022 March 29, “Old Me Freestyle”performed by 24wavey:
  • I'm out on my block, baking off with all the savages It's early morning and I'm waiting on them packages2023 January 17, “Dnd”performed by Tickz:
2 more examples
  • On the landing, on the 3-s (Free the guys) Baking off with the G-s And the gov try put me for an MDT2026 April 26, “Cell 22”performed by E1 (3x3):
  • He came out and smoked about my shank and then I juiced him. I flew back to change my clothes and now I’m cooling. I changed my clothes and now I’m baking off. My nigga puts it on a stove and I just watch it lock. I need gains so I guess we got more prof.2026 May 2, “Back2Back” (0:50 from the start), performed by TrapBoyAddict x LD:
5

Multicultural London English, Ambitransitive, Slang To engage in the preparation of crack cocaine.

  • The opp boys really get stretched, my brodies really go jail (Free em) And man’s girlfriends really get tek Them man couldn’t spend one day in my creps (Never) He got ticked off so who's next? I still bake off where he got cheffed2021 March 29, “High Right Now”performed by M24:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for bake-off and bake off.