cookie
English meaning: Cookie
Definition
A cookie is a small flat sweet cake, crisp or chewy, baked in the oven.
Example
“The smell of warm chocolate-chip cookies filled the house as they cooled on the rack.”
Another example: “The website asked whether he would accept cookies before he could continue.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Everyday, neutral countable noun; the standard US word for what British English calls a "biscuit". Also a small data file stored by a web browser. "Tough cookie" describes a resilient person.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Dutch 'koekje' (little cake), brought to America by Dutch settlers.
Synonyms
- biscuit
- cooky
Related Words
- cookies
- jar
- oreo
- puss
- dough
- crumbs
- dic
- stuffing
- buggy
- fudge
- biscuit
- crisp
Common Collocations
- chocolate chip cookie
- bake cookies
- a batch of cookies
- cookie jar
- fortune cookie
- cookie dough
Word Forms
cookie; cookies (pl)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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