shake and bake
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See also: shake-and-bake
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the brand name Shake 'n Bake, a powdered seasoning, so called because one could put it in a plastic bag with meat, then easily season the meat by shaking.
Noun
[edit]shake and bake (plural shake and bakes)
- Something fast, or easy to use or perform; a simple, crude object or action.
- 2001, Philip Ball, Molecules: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, published 2003, page 24:
- Yet, until the last few decades of the twentieth century, the approach that Levi describes, which chemists like to call ‘shake and bake’, was often the best they could do.
- (US, military, slang, historical) A non-commissioned officer with little experience, qualified through a special course.
Adjective
[edit]shake and bake (comparative more shake and bake, superlative most shake and bake)
- Crude, unsophisticated; not professionally done, improvised.