Cookie

//ˈkʊki// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An endearing or condescending nickname.

    "Anyway, I went into the house and before I could get passed the bedroom, he called me. I hated him for calling me. He would say, “Come here, Cookie,” and for some reason, I was stupid and scared and I listened to this man."

Noun
  1. 1
    A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm. Canada, Philippines, US
  2. 2
    Affectionate name for a cook. colloquial, dated

    "More than a little apprehensive myself, I went out to the kitchen. Cookie, deep in a murder story, rocked peacefully beside the glowing range."

  3. 3
    A cucoloris. slang
  4. 4
    a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site wordnet
  5. 5
    A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it. Commonwealth, UK
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  1. 6
    any of various small flat sweet cakes wordnet
  2. 7
    A bun. Scotland
  3. 8
    the cook on a ranch or at a camp wordnet
  4. 9
    An HTTP cookie. Internet
  5. 10
    A magic cookie.
  6. 11
    An attractive young woman. dated, slang
  7. 12
    The vulva. slang, vulgar

    "a little girl was eating a cookie and spitting. “Do you have hair on your cookie?” “Don't be silly. I'm only eleven.”"

  8. 13
    The anus of a man. slang, vulgar
  9. 14
    A piece of crack cocaine, larger than a rock, and often in the shape of a cookie. slang
  10. 15
    One's eaten food (e.g. lunch, etc.), especially one's stomach contents. in-plural, informal

    "I lost my cookies after that roller coaster ride."

  11. 16
    Clipping of fortune cookie. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
  12. 17
    A doughnut; a peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle. Northern-US
Verb
  1. 1
    To send a cookie to (a user, computer, etc.). transitive

    "We have already discussed the benefits — even the necessity — of cookieing visitors so that we can track their return visits to our Website."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch koekie, dialectal diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare German Low German Kookje (“biscuit, cookie, cracker”), Low German Kook (“cake”), German Kuchen (“cake”)). More at cake. Not related to English cook. The computing senses derive from magic cookie.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch koekie, dialectal diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare German Low German Kookje (“biscuit, cookie, cracker”), Low German Kook (“cake”), German Kuchen (“cake”)). More at cake. Not related to English cook. The computing senses derive from magic cookie.

Etymology 3

From cook + -ie.

Etymology 4

Corruption of cucoloris.

Etymology 5

From cookie, the snack food.

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