cookie

noun

cook·​ie ˈku̇-kē 

variants or cooky

plural cookies

1

: a small flat or slightly raised cake

2

a

: an attractive woman

a buxom French cookie who haunts the … colony's one night spot

—Newsweek

b

: person, guy

a tough cookie

3

cookie : a small file or part of a file stored on a World Wide Web user's computer, created and subsequently read by a website server, and containing personal information (such as a user identification code, customized preferences, or a record of pages visited)

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Synonyms

• babe [slang]
• beauty
• beauty queen
• cutie
• cutey
• dolly bird [British]
• enchantress
• eyeful
• fox
• goddess
• honey
• knockout
• queen
• stunner

Examples of cookie in a Sentence

This recipe makes about two dozen cookies.

She put a batch of cookies into the oven.

Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie.

You are one smart cookie.

Recent Examples on the Web

These cookies are called monster cookies because of how they are assembled: a melting pot of many different cookies made into one, giant fearsome cookie. —Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 16 May 2024

Deep, almost peanut-buttery black sesame seeds underpin its nuanced layers: a dark custard base shielded under a thin, crackly sugar crust that shatters under the tap of a metal spoon, a sphere of black sesame ice cream sitting on top, a lacy cookie wheel wedged into it. —Eric Kim, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing cookie

• bar cookie
• cookie cutter
• cookie sheet
• fortune cookie
• smart cookie
• that's the way the cookie crumbles
• tough cookie

Kids Definition

cookie

noun

cook·​ie

variants or cooky

ˈku̇k-ē 

plural cookies

1

: a small sweet flat or slightly raised cake

2

cookie : a small computer file that contains information relating to websites a person has visited