what's cooking
The idiom "what's cooking" is a casual greeting or inquiry about someone's activities or plans, originating from mid-20th century America.
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Definition
B1Social Interaction
(informal, greeting)A casual way to ask someone what they are doing or what is happening.
Example
- Hey, what's cooking? Haven't seen you in a while!
- What's cooking? Anything exciting happening today?
B1Social Interaction
(informal, inquiry)A casual question about someone's current activities or plans.
Example
- What's cooking for the weekend?
- So, what's cooking with the new project?
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "what's cooking":
cooking showcooking with gashome cookingcook offcook upwhat's going oncook up a stormwhat's goodon the boil