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noun cook·ie \ ˈku̇-kē \

variants: or cooky

Definition of cookie

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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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 of cookie from the Web

Maria Dimitriou, of Highland Park, volunteers with about 10-12 women every night for at least five nights and one full day prior to the Big Greek Fest to bake baklava, butter cookies and loukoumades (a Greek doughnut of sorts).

— joanna broder, chicagotribune.com, "Popular Big Greek Food Fest of Niles returns," 12 July 2017
Shots Shaken, Not Stirred Serve coffee shots with a cookie or fruit for a perfect after-meal sweet.

— karen elizabeth watts, kansascity, "Cold-brew coffee is a hot hot hot trend, and you can make it yourself," 3 July 2017
Here is a representative clip of Eric making Jessie gluten-free chocolate-chip cookies: So soothing.

— allie jones, The Cut, "Thank God the World’s Most Boring Reality-TV Show Is Back," 27 June 2017
Bender suspended regular customer service and put out a spread that included trays of sandwiches, plates of kosher pickles, 20 pounds of cookies and endless soft drinks.

— david sharos, Naperville Sun, "Deli owner thanks supporters with party after anti-Israel graffiti," 24 June 2017
Another of the students is Bryan Snow, 19, who enjoys making white chocolate chip cookies with macadamia nuts and cherries.

— william thornton, AL.com, "Special needs students learn through Beautiful Rainbow Cafe," 23 June 2017
Gunter took charge of liberating them again and spoiling them with cookies and slices of apples.

— Longreads, "A Portrait of the Artist as an Undocumented Immigrant," 21 June 2017
Until the 2000s, these programs tended to be cookie-cutter and rigid, Treffert says.

— mark barna, Discover Magazine, "Everything Worth Knowing About ... Autism Spectrum Disorder," 19 June 2017
This cookies and creme milkshake is perfect for chocolate lovers.

— AL.com, "This Alabama bakery serves the most epic milkshakes," 17 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of cookie

Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake

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First Known Use: 1703

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cookie Synonyms

Synonyms

babe [slang], beauty queen, beauty (or cooky), cutie (or cutey), dolly bird [British], enchantress, eyeful, fox, goddess, honey, knockout, queen, stunner

Related Words

belle, charmer, peach; bathing beauty, cover girl, pinup girl; bimbette [slang], bunny, houri, sex kitten, sexpot, sex symbol; cutie-pie, dish, doll, dreamboat [slang], hottie, looker, pretty; coquette, femme fatale, siren, temptress, vamp

Near Antonyms

bag, dog, frump; crone, hag, horror, witch; gorgon, monster

COOKIE Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of cookie for English Language Learners

: a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round and is made from flour and sugar
computers : a file that may be added to your computer when you visit a Web site and that contains information about you (such as an identification code or a record of the Web pages you have visited)