variants
or cooky
plural cookies
1
: a small flat or slightly raised cake
2
3
: a small file or part of a file stored on an Internet 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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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.
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The Dessert Spot on North College Street is another choice spot to nurture your sweet tooth, with dinner plate-sized cookies.
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Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
Sandies Technically these cookies are a shortbread cookie, but these are gussied up with pecans.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Before the doors swung open at the ICNA Relief Food Pantry in suburban Glendale Heights on a recent Thursday, volunteers in lime-yellow hi-vis vests were putting out large boxes of vegetables and fruit and trays of breads, buns and a few smatterings of cookies from a nearby bakery.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
In February 2025, the free-to-play PirateFi launched in beta but was actually designed to steal browser cookies and hijack user accounts.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
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Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
Sandies Technically these cookies are a shortbread cookie, but these are gussied up with pecans.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Before the doors swung open at the ICNA Relief Food Pantry in suburban Glendale Heights on a recent Thursday, volunteers in lime-yellow hi-vis vests were putting out large boxes of vegetables and fruit and trays of breads, buns and a few smatterings of cookies from a nearby bakery.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
In February 2025, the free-to-play PirateFi launched in beta but was actually designed to steal browser cookies and hijack user accounts.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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cookie
noun
cook·ie
variants
or cooky
plural cookies
1
: a small sweet flat or slightly raised cake
2
: a small computer file that contains information relating to websites a person has visited
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