cook back

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æk

Verb

cook back (third-person singular simple present cooks back, present participle cooking back, simple past and past participle cooked back)

  1. (transitive, drugs) 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.
    This product is really low. You might need to cook it back.