cookie

noun

cook·ie ˈku̇-kē

variants or cooky

plural cookies

Synonyms of cookie next

: a small flat or slightly raised cake

: an attractive woman

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

Newsweek

: person, guy

a tough 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)

Example Sentences

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 The treats come in four flavors, including a no-bake oats and honey treat, chili and frozen strawberry treats and a cookie-like doggie biscuit also made with yams. —

La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2022 The cookie-cutter suburban development is not new — the form emerged in the postwar years, abetted by Federal housing and highway policies — but the scale and visual debasement of sprawl has accelerated dramatically. —

Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2022 Press second cookie half, right-side-up, on top of each cookie. —

Tribune News Service, cleveland, 27 June 2022 The app will show where local Girl Scouts are hosting in-person cookie sale booths. —

Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2023 Tobin Jack, 12 — tells PEOPLE while explaining her family's special cookie recipe. —

Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2022 To make greatest use of the available resources, communities must differ from the cookie-cutter suburban subdivisions of the past, instead offering an array of housing styles. —

Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022 Each cookie, tart and cake at Veniero’s is fashioned and finished by hand by one of the store’s 16 bakers. —

Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2022 So personal data includes photographs where an individual is identifiable, cookie ID, Internet Protocol (IP) address, and location data. —

Nick Dedeke, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2022 See More

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