cookie

cook-ie · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (American) A small, flat, sweet baked treat.

  2. 2.

    (computing) A small piece of data stored by a website on a user's computer.

  3. 3.

    (informal) A person.

Forms

plural: cookies

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    smart cookie — a clever person
  • •
    tough cookie — a resilient or determined person
  • •
    that's the way the cookie crumbles — that's how things happen

Related words

See also: bake, biscuit, cake
Synonyms: biscuit (British)

Etymology

From Dutch "koekje," diminutive of "koek" (cake).