bake-offn.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪkɒf/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪkˌɔf/,

/ˈbeɪkˌɑf/, Australian English

/ˈbæekɔf/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bake v., off adv.

Etymology: < bake v. + off adv., after play-off n. Compare slightly earlier cook-off n.

Originally U.S.

1. A baking competition, esp. one between non-professional contestants. Cf. cook-off n. 1.In the 20th cent., the term bake-off was chiefly used in North America and Australia; however, it has become increasingly common in the United Kingdom and elsewhere as a result of the popularity of the series The Great British Bake Off, a televised baking competition first broadcast by the BBC in 2010.

ΚΠ

1937 N.Y. Times 14 May (Late City ed.) 18/5 The contestants, who had triumphed in preliminary ‘bake-offs’ held last month.

1949 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 1 Dec. 3/1 In a grand final bake-off at the Waldorf-Astoria, Pillsbury Mills will award $150,000 in prizes.

1965 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 18 July 22/2 The Bake-Off..attracts national attention as the greatest recipe quest in this country.

2005 Agricultural Research Jan. 22/1 There are peach cobbler bake-offs, peach-eating contests, and peach recipes handed down through the generations.

2017 Hartlepool Mail (Nexis) 14 Mar. Field View care home in Blackhall marked the week with its own bake-off, in which homemade pies and recipes were submitted anonymously for taste testing.

2. A contest between companies or other parties to win a particular contract.

ΚΠ

1989 Advertising Age 1 May 70/4 In what he describes as ‘a creative bake-off’, Ingalls and Siegel & Gale..were asked to come up with a campaign.

1996 Vancouver Sun 20 July c1/5 Athens and 10 other anxious suitors are in a bake-off for the 2004 Summer Games, though Rome is said to have the inside track.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Jan. iii. 6/2 He prefers to take assignments from the investment banks rather than participate in bakeoffs for new corporate clients.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bake-off
释义	bake-offn. Brit. /ˈbeɪkɒf/, U.S. /ˈbeɪkˌɔf/, /ˈbeɪkˌɑf/, Australian English /ˈbæekɔf/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bake v., off adv. Etymology: < bake v. + off adv., after play-off n. Compare slightly earlier cook-off n. Originally U.S. 1. A baking competition, esp. one between non-professional contestants. Cf. cook-off n. 1.In the 20th cent., the term bake-off was chiefly used in North America and Australia; however, it has become increasingly common in the United Kingdom and elsewhere as a result of the popularity of the series The Great British Bake Off, a televised baking competition first broadcast by the BBC in 2010. ΚΠ 1937 N.Y. Times 14 May (Late City ed.) 18/5 The contestants, who had triumphed in preliminary ‘bake-offs’ held last month. 1949 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 1 Dec. 3/1 In a grand final bake-off at the Waldorf-Astoria, Pillsbury Mills will award $150,000 in prizes. 1965 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 18 July 22/2 The Bake-Off..attracts national attention as the greatest recipe quest in this country. 2005 Agricultural Research Jan. 22/1 There are peach cobbler bake-offs, peach-eating contests, and peach recipes handed down through the generations. 2017 Hartlepool Mail (Nexis) 14 Mar. Field View care home in Blackhall marked the week with its own bake-off, in which homemade pies and recipes were submitted anonymously for taste testing. 2. A contest between companies or other parties to win a particular contract. ΚΠ 1989 Advertising Age 1 May 70/4 In what he describes as ‘a creative bake-off’, Ingalls and Siegel & Gale..were asked to come up with a campaign. 1996 Vancouver Sun 20 July c1/5 Athens and 10 other anxious suitors are in a bake-off for the 2004 Summer Games, though Rome is said to have the inside track. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Jan. iii. 6/2 He prefers to take assignments from the investment banks rather than participate in bakeoffs for new corporate clients. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1937
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