Definition of cooking on all four burners

cook on all four burners

verb

to be proceeding well or rapidly.
We fixed some of our business processes. Now we're cooking on all four burners.

Last edited on Oct 19 2012. Submitted by Dan M. from Reynoldsburg, OH 43068, USA on Oct 04 2002.
to be sane, rational. Always used in the negative to indicate that someone is crazy or irrational. Rare.
My new neighbor talks to imaginary people. I don't think he's cooking on all four burners.
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Last edited on Oct 19 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 18 2012.

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all-there	Definitions include: sane.

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Other terms relating to 'all':
100% all-beef thermometer	Definitions include: a penis.
ABD	Definitions include: acronym for "all but dissertation".
ADIDAS	Definitions include: acronym for "all day I dream about sex".
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all	Definitions include: to say.
all about	Definitions include: See be all about.
all bark and no bite	Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
all bets are off	Definitions include: what was previously expected to happen may not.
all blowed out	Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched.
all but dissertation	Definitions include: a student who has completed all parts of advanced education with the exception of completing, presenting, and defending their dissertation.
all clear	Definitions include: communication saying that trouble is no longer present, or that previously delayed plans can continue on their original course.
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all fingers and thumbs	Definitions include: clumsy.
all good	Definitions include: in functioning order or at a level of acceptability; "fine".
all gravy	Definitions include: "all good."
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Other terms relating to 'burner':
burner	Definitions include: a handgun.
on the back burner	Definitions include: of low priority.
on the bottom burner	Definitions include: of low priority.
on the front burner	Definitions include: a priority.
rice burner	Definitions include: A sport motorcycle from Japan.
Other terms relating to 'cook':
cook	Definitions include: v. to flatulate.
cooked	Definitions include: under the influence of drugs.
cooked books	Definitions include: manipulated accounting records.
cook (one's) goose	Definitions include: to be in trouble.
cook the books	Definitions include: to change accounting records to hide fraud or other crimes.
cook up a batch	Definitions include: to masturbate.
cook with gas	Definitions include: to perform an action quickly or efficiently.
I smell what you're cooking	Definitions include: an expression of empathy or simple understanding.
now you're cooking with gas	Definitions include: "Now you're doing [some task] correctly."
over-cook (one's) grits	Definitions include: to make a person angry.
what's cooking?	Definitions include: a greeting.
Other terms relating to 'four':
10-4	Definitions include: "message understood."
4/20	Definitions include: April 20th.
4:20	Definitions include: a widely used "official" time to smoke marijuana.
4-banger	Definitions include: a car with 4 cylinders.
4 Pound / 4lb	Definitions include: Slang for describing any 45. Caliber gun or pistol that weighs 4.5 pounds. Compare to: 4FIVE, 4Fo, BlueSteel and 4some. Example: The only time I ever had to grab my [4Pound] is when I had to put a dumb ass clown in the ground.
Bangin This 4 Sprite	Definitions include: Slang for the phrase "Doing This For Sprite" Compare to: Numbers used to replace words like to, too, for, four, ate, date, straight, hate, faith , startin'and somethin'. Example: From Me 2 U..
celebrate 4-20	Definitions include: to celebrate the marijuana smoker holiday of 4/20.
FOFO	Definitions include: .44 caliber pistol. one of many favorite weapons mentioned in rap songs.
four-color glossy	Definitions include: marketing material.
four corners	Definitions include: the main intersection of a small town, often the only main intersection
four-eyes	Definitions include: a person who wears eyeglasses.
four-letter word	Definitions include: a swear word.
four-ways	Definitions include: the emergency lights on a car - there are four of them
juror number four	Definitions include: To be recalcitrant, stubborn, unruly, resistant, not a team player, unsportsmanlike.
twankie-fo's	Definitions include: wheel rims that are 24 inches in diameter.
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Other terms relating to 'on':
accidentally on purpose	Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive.
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
a lot on (one's) plate	Definitions include: See on (one's) plate.
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
as useless as tits on a boar hog	Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
back on (one's) feet	Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event.
back on pipe	Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction.
bag on	Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of".
bail on	Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon.
ball on	Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
bang on	Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
beast on	Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone.
be in on	Definitions include: to be involved with.
*be like flies on sht**	Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
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