cookie
[ koo k-ee ]
/ ˈkʊk i /
noun
a small cake made from stiff, sweet dough rolled and sliced or dropped by spoonfuls on a large, flat pan (cookie sheet) and baked.
Informal.
dear; sweetheart (a term of address, usually connoting affection).
Slang.
- a person: a smart cookie; a tough cookie.
- an alluring young woman.
Computers.
a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a web page.
South Atlantic States (chiefly North Carolina ).
a doughnut.
Scot.
a bun.
Idioms for cookie
toss/spill one's cookies, Slang.
to vomit.
Sometimes
cook·y.
Origin of cookie
1695–1705; < Dutch
koekie, dialectal variant of
koekje, equivalent to
koek
cake +
-je diminutive suffix
Words nearby cookie
Definition for cookies (2 of 2)
Example sentences from the Web for cookies
British Dictionary definitions for cookies
cookie
cooky
/ (ˈkʊkɪ) /
noun plural -ies
US and Canadian
a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): biscuit
a Scot word for bun
informal
a person
smart cookie
computing
a piece of data downloaded to a computer by a website, containing details of the preferences of that computer's user which identify the user when revisiting that website
that's the way the cookie crumbles informal
matters are inevitably or unalterably so
Word Origin for cookie
C18: from Dutch
koekje, diminutive of
koek cake
Scientific definitions for cookies
cookie
[ kuk′ē ]
A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site. Cookies are used to relate one computer transaction to a later one.
Idioms and Phrases with cookies
cookie
see hand in the till (cookie jar); that's how the ball bounces (cookie crumbles); toss one's cookies.