cooker UK /ˈkʊkə/US /ˈkʊkɚ/ noun8 •(UK, Ireland) A cookstove. •(UK, Ireland) An appliance or utensil for cooking food. •One who cooks.And, if we may believe the tale, / Her canny hand will scarcely fail, / Whate’er she tries, to help or heal, / She’ll seldom blunder; / If she be cooker of the kail, / She’ll gar us wonder. — 1788 •(slang, offensive) A person who is cooked in the head; a crazy person. •(slang, disapproving) A conspiracy theorist, especially one who is involved in politics. •Ellipsis of cooking apple.For the British market, apples are classed as early, mid-season, or late, and subdivided into eaters or cookers. — 2004 •(slang) The container in which recreational drugs are prepared.[…] does not know how to pick up the liquid from the cooker, and he asks someone else to use his rig to put his part in his rig. — 1995 •(Australia, slang) A person who makes or uses illicit drugs, especially methamphetamine or cannabis. formscookers