plural cookies
1
chiefly US
: a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round and is made from flour and sugar
This recipe makes about two dozen cookies.
She put a batch of cookies into the oven.
chocolate chip cookies
—often used before another nouna cookie jar
cookie dough
2
informal
: person
Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie.
You are one smart cookie.
3
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)
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/cookie. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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