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

• biscuit [British]
• candy

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

Many gummy products contain 3 to 7 grams of sugar per serving—about as much as a small cookie or a few jelly beans. —Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025

Water brings out notes of peanut butter cookies, vanilla ice cream and baked apple. —Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

This old-fashioned cookie recipe is one of Grandma’s signatures. —Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 12 July 2025

At the top of the steps, in full uniform, with spikes on, David handing out hot chocolate chip cookies to the guys. —New York Daily News, 12 July 2025

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

Rhymes for cookie

• bookie
• rookie

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