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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Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
Naturally sweet strawberries give these crisp, yet chewy cookies a fun, confetti-like appearance.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
Celebrity guests were also decked out in their finest attire, following the minimalist dress code, as they were treated to a dance show centered around hair, along with pizza and cookies at the end of the evening.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Gary Ono, a descendant of Benkyodo’s owner, shared an iron cookie mold with Nakamachi, noting that his grandfather had built the first machine to make fortune cookies in the US.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
Naturally sweet strawberries give these crisp, yet chewy cookies a fun, confetti-like appearance.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
Celebrity guests were also decked out in their finest attire, following the minimalist dress code, as they were treated to a dance show centered around hair, along with pizza and cookies at the end of the evening.
—Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Gary Ono, a descendant of Benkyodo’s owner, shared an iron cookie mold with Nakamachi, noting that his grandfather had built the first machine to make fortune cookies in the US.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 16 Apr. 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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