to nuke

Examples

• All

• You can nuke the leftovers for about two minutes to make them hot again.

• I'll nuke some fried chicken.

  Jersey Shore Massacre (2014)

• If it's cold, I can go nuke it in the kitchen.

  Obsessed (2009)

• I think first step is just mix them up and nuke them for a little while.

• This will nuke your food to perfection.

  Exit (2020)

• She offered to nuke my corn dog.

  Multiplicity (1996)

• There's spaghetti you can nuke if you want it.

  Fiction book (2002)

• She could nuke it for Teddy's dinner tomorrow.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Okay, I admit, I nuke my Pop-Tarts (when the occasion comes up that I have them).

  Blog text (12)

• Here's your coffee, freshly nuked.

  Obsessed (2009)

Synonyms

M

to microwave

vsto nuke

24 2.1

To heat or cook food in a small electric oven that uses radio waves

has identical meaning but is a different verb form

Z

to zap

vsto nuke

• Informal

2 4.1

To heat food quickly in a microwave

has identical meaning but is a different verb form

Antonyms

C

to cool

225 1.0

To make or become less warm

Idioms

N

to nuke the fridge

• Slang

1 9.9

To stop work on something and start it again from the beginning

How Hot

burn

285 1.8

to boil

255 1.0

to nuke

• Informal

6 5.8

to heat

225 1.0

to warm

459 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology