cookie
/'kuki/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A small, flat, sweet baked treat: A cookie is a small, sweet cake, typically round, flat, and crisp or chewy, often containing chocolate chips, nuts, or other ingredients.
- A piece of data stored by a web browser: In computing, a cookie is a small text file placed on a user's device by a website to remember information about the user or their visit.
- (Informal, dated) A person: In informal, dated slang, "cookie" can refer to a person, often implying they are attractive or pleasing in some way (e.g., "a smart cookie").
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Food):
- She baked chocolate chip cookies for the party.
- Would you like a cookie with your coffee?
- Noun (Computing):
- The website uses cookies to remember your login preferences.
- You can clear your browser's cookies in the settings menu.
- Noun (Informal, Person):
- He's a tough cookie; he never gives up easily. (This is a common idiom.)
Advanced Usage
- "That's the way the cookie crumbles": An idiom meaning "that's how things happen; that's life," often used to accept an unfortunate but unchangeable situation.
- I didn't get the job, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
- "Cookie-cutter" (Adjective): Used to describe something mass-produced, lacking originality or individuality.
- The new housing development is full of cookie-cutter homes.
Variants and Related Words
- Cookies (plural noun): The standard plural form for all meanings.
- Cookie jar (noun): A container for storing cookies.
- The cookies are in the cookie jar.
- Cookie sheet (noun): A flat metal tray used for baking cookies.
- Place the dough on a cookie sheet.
Synonyms
- Biscuit: The common British English term for the sweet baked treat (Note: In American English, "biscuit" refers to a soft, leavened bread roll).
- Web cookie, browser cookie, HTTP cookie: Terms for the computing data file.
- Person (in idioms): Tough cookie, smart cookie.
Related Phrases
- Tough cookie: An idiom for a person who is very resilient, determined, or not easily defeated.
- After surviving that ordeal, she proved she's a tough cookie.
- Smart cookie: An idiom for an intelligent or clever person.
- You figured it out already? You're a smart cookie!
Idioms
- That's the way the cookie crumbles: As explained in Advanced Usage.
- To be a tough/smart cookie: As explained in Related Phrases.
Noun
- a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site
- the cook on a ranch or at a camp
- any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)