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cookie

noun cook·ie \ˈk-kē\

: a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round and is made from flour and sugar

computers : a file that may be added to your computer when you visit a Web site and that contains information about you (such as an identification code or a record of the Web pages you have visited)

plural cook·ies

Full Definition of COOKIE

1
:  a small flat or slightly raised cake
2
a :  an attractive woman <a buxom French cookie who haunts the … colony's one night spot — Newsweek>
b :  person, guy <a tough cookie>
3
cookie :  a small file or part of a file stored on a World Wide Web user's computer, created and subsequently read by a Web site server, and containing personal information (as a user identification code, customized preferences, or a record of pages visited)

Variants of COOKIE

cook·ie or cooky \ˈk-kē\
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Origin of COOKIE

Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake
First Known Use: 1703

Rhymes with COOKIE

COOKY Defined for Kids

cookie

noun cook·ie \ˈk-kē\
plural cook·ies

Definition of COOKIE for Kids

:  a small sweet cake

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