bake off

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bake off (third-person singular simple present bakes off, present participle baking off, simple past and past participle baked off)

1. (transitive, cooking) To cook (something) by baking.

   When you finish baking off the first batch, start the second.

2. (intransitive) To be cooked by baking.

   The cake will finish baking off in an hour.

3. (transitive) To cook off or reduce by baking.

   Six pounds of batter will bake off to three pounds of prepared product.

4. (MLE, colloquial, intransitive) To relish one’s leisure, to hang around idly or possibly with recreational substances.

   Near-synonyms: chill, kick back, waste time, dawdle, putz around

   • 2022 March 29, “Old Me Freestyle”‎^[1]performed by 24wavey:

     Learned a major lesson every time I took a major loss
     Times that I could have been making money, but I was baking off

   • 2023 January 17, “Dnd”‎^[2]performed by Tickz:

     I'm out on my block, baking off with all the savages
     It's early morning and I'm waiting on them packages

   • 2026 April 26, “Cell 22”‎^[3]performed by E1 (3x3):

     On the landing, on the 3-s (Free the guys)
     Baking off with the G-s
     And the gov try put me for an MDT

   • 2026 May 2, “Back2Back” (0:50 from the start), performed by TrapBoyAddict x LD:

     He came out and smoked about my shank and then I juiced him. I flew back to change my clothes and now I’m cooling. I changed my clothes and now I’m baking off. My nigga puts it on a stove and I just watch it lock. I need gains so I guess we got more prof.

5. (MLE, slang, ambitransitive) To engage in the preparation of crack cocaine.
   • 2021 March 29, “High Right Now”‎^[4]performed by M24:

     The opp boys really get stretched, my brodies really go jail (Free em)
     And man’s girlfriends really get tek
     Them man couldn’t spend one day in my creps (Never)
     He got ticked off so who's next?
     I still bake off where he got cheffed