Definition of Cookie

1. Noun. Any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term).


2. Noun. The cook on a ranch or at a camp.
Exact synonyms: Cooky
Generic synonyms: Cook

3. Noun. A short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site.
Specialized synonyms: Session Cookie, Precision Cookie
Generic synonyms: Text, Textual Matter

Definition of Cookie

1. Noun. (North America) A small flat, baked cake which is either crisp or soft but firm (often with chocolate chips, candies or nuts mixed in.) ¹

2. Noun. (context: England and Wales) A specifically American-style (biscuit). ¹

3. Noun. (context: Scotland) a bun. ¹

4. Noun. (computing browsers) An (HTTP cookie), web cookie. ¹

5. Noun. (computing) A (magic cookie). ¹

6. Noun. (dated possibly offensive) A young, attractive woman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cookie

1. a small, flat cake [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cookie

cookeite
cooker
cooker hood
cookeries
cookers
cookery
cookery book
cookery books
cookest
cooketh
cookey
cookeys
cookfire
cookhouse
cookhouses
cookie (current term)
cookie-cutter
cookie-cutters
cookie cutter
cookie cutters
cookie dough
cookie doughs
cookie jar
cookie jar reserve
cookie jars
cookie sheet
cookie sheets
cookiecutter
cookiecutter shark
cookiecutter sharks

Literary usage of Cookie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1899)
"LITTLE cookie-HOOKIE. M AMMA makes ‘e nices' cookies Ever see; ‘N' us chillun all is ... [Put finger through cookie and spin it, ..."

2. Diagnosis and Severity of Drug Abuse and Drug Dependence edited by Jack D. Blaine, Arthur M. Horton, Jr., Leland H. Towle (1997)
"THE DEPENDENCE SYNDROME AS A "cookie CUTTER" Several questions are raised regarding the extent to which the dependence syndrome concept generalizes across ..."

3. The Phonetic Reader by Charles W. Deane (1896)
"Mama made five cookie boys Standing in a row, With heads and eyes and hands ... Alice saw the cookie boys, Lying in the hall, Gave each one a loving kiss, ..."

4. Kindergarten Stories and Morning Talks by Sara Eliza Wiltse (1890)
"From STICKNEY'S READER. THE LITTLE cookie BOY. Abby's mother made some little cookie Boys. They had heads, bodies, legs, and arms. ..."

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