overcook

• over-cook

From over- +‎ cook.

• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊ.vɚ.kʊk/

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• Rhymes: -ʊk

overcook (third-person singular simple present overcooks, present participle overcooking, simple past and past participle overcooked)

1. (transitive) To cook for too long or at too high a temperature.
2. (transitive, slang) To do something to excess; to overdo.

   The runner overcooked it on the first lap, and ended up finishing last.

• undercook