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cooker

cooker

3 9.9
A person who illegally makes drugs like meth
  • noun
  • /ˈkʊkər/
  • NSFW
translation icon : fabricante de drogas
  • Eight of the MA cookers had children, but only one interviewee had children living at home.

Examples

  • "In fact, participants universally asserted that the vast majority of MA cookers were also regular or heavy users of the drug."

    Academic text (2006)
  • Also, fewer cookers were married or had children living at home.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Only a few participants had direct knowledge of African American cookers.

    Academic text (2006)
  • While the majority of cookers interviewed were men, participants indicated significant involvement by women.

    Academic text (2006)
  • John (Arkansas) noted that lab accidents may occur because of mental lapses by cookers.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Our sample of cookers differed from the broader qualitative sample in that cookers were significantly older, and a higher percentage of them were employed.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The police arrested the cooker who was operating a meth lab in an abandoned house.

  • In the documentary, they interviewed several cookers about their methods of drug production.

  • The team conducted a raid on the suspected cooker who was known for manufacturing methamphetamine.

Compounds

A sealed pot that cooks food quickly using hot steam

3 1.4

An electric pot that cooks rice using steam and keeps it warm

A sealed pot that cooks food quickly using hot steam or a situation where people feel very stressed

1 1.8

A kitchen stove that uses gas to cook food

Surface Forms

cooker singular
cookers plural

Morphology

cooker = cook (semi-transparent) = cook + er

Formally derived from 'cook' + '-er', but the illicit drug-manufacturer sense is slang/specialized and not predictable from general usage.

Etymology

Informally, cooker can also mean a person who 'cooks' illegal drugs, and this is just a slang extension of cook + -er, meaning 'one who makes or prepares'. That's why in this sense a cooker is someone who prepares drugs, not a kitchen machine.