Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small, usually flat and crisp cake made from sweetened dough.
- noun Slang A person, usually of a specified kind.
- noun Computers A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- 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.)
- noun England and Wales A specifically American-style
biscuit . - noun Scotland a bun.
- noun computing, browsers An
HTTP cookie , web cookie. - noun computing A
magic cookie . - noun dated A young, attractive woman.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thanks for trying xD Here's a cookie * hands you a cookie*
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I noticed there's a small cookie, nice? ya all for $7.90 but excluding serbice charge la. de tea/coffee comes with a kan small cookie~
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Mr. Harrison also testified Monday that he never heard Mr. Beatty use the term "cookie jar" to describe the company's accounting reserves, and said Mr. Beatty never asked him to do anything dishonest.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JANET McFARLAND 2012
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Like many people who have attained global recognition, the word cookie is of Old World ancestry but born and raised in New York.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Like many people who have attained global recognition, the word cookie is of Old World ancestry but born and raised in New York.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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A cupcake with the flavors of an oatmeal raisin cookie is topped with maple cream cheese frosting and what else?
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A cupcake with the flavors of an oatmeal raisin cookie is topped with maple cream cheese frosting and what else?
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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The oatmeal raisin cookie is a particularly good over-the-top combination with ice cream.
Toast: Lindy 2006
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The oatmeal raisin cookie is a particularly good over-the-top combination with ice cream.
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More so because I know how damn smart that Mia cookie is and how persistent she can be.
mollusque commented on the word cookie
"Cookies" caught up to "crackers" in popularity around 1940, then surpassed them by 1970.
January 27, 2011
jennarenn commented on the word cookie
My friend Cookie is delightful.
January 17, 2012