Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
cooking with gas — (USA) If you re cooking with gas, you re working very efficiently … The small dictionary of idiomes
Cooking with gas — be doing things correctly and well: now you re cooking with gas … Dictionary of Australian slang
cooking with gas — Australian Slang be doing things correctly and well: now you re cooking with gas … English dialects glossary
cooking with gas — Vrb phrs. To succeed, to proceed well. E.g. After a beer, the work went well. We were cooking with gas … English slang and colloquialisms
(be) cooking with gas — be cooking with ˈgas idiom (NAmE, informal) to be doing sth very well and successfully Main entry: ↑cookidiom … Useful english dictionary
cook with gas — vp To do something right. As soon as he got the grip on his golf clubs right, he was cooking with gas. 1940s … Historical dictionary of American slang
gas stove — noun a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑gas range, ↑gas cooker • Hypernyms: ↑stove, ↑kitchen stove, ↑range, ↑kitchen range, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gas range — noun a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas • Syn: ↑gas stove, ↑gas cooker • Hypernyms: ↑stove, ↑kitchen stove, ↑range, ↑kitchen range, ↑cooking stove … Useful english dictionary
gas cooker — noun a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas • Syn: ↑gas range, ↑gas stove • Hypernyms: ↑stove, ↑kitchen stove, ↑range, ↑kitchen range, ↑cooking stove … Useful english dictionary
cooking — /ˈkʊkɪŋ/ (say kooking) noun 1. → cookery. –adjective 2. of a lesser quality as suitable for use in cooking: cooking salt; cooking wine. –phrase Colloquial 3. be cooking, to be in full swing: that band is really cooking now. 4. be cooking with gas …
