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 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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Synonyms of cookie

• biscuit
• dessert
• 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

For Collette Divitto, baking has always been about more than making cookies. — Kennedy Cook, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Teacups and saucers make petite stands ideal for small items such as jewelry, while dinner and salad plates work well for culinary uses, such as serving cookies or petit fours at a party. — Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026

There’s also the heavy hitters cookies & cream, 2 run chocolate crunch and the victory chocolate chip — a more classic version of the cookie compared to the sluggers sourdough. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026

One late-October morning, in a large prep space hidden from view of the dining room, Hope the Mission senior director of food services Jason Moniz sprinkled salt onto oversized peanut butter cookies. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

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
• butter cookie
• chocolate chip cookie
• cookie butter
• cookie cutter
• cookie jar
• cookie sheet
• fortune cookie
• in the cookie jar
• smart cookie
• sugar 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