a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): biscuit
2. a Scot word for bun
3. informal
a person
smart cookie
4. computing
a piece of data downloaded to a computer by a website, containing details of the preferences of that computer's user which identify the user when revisiting that website
5. that's the way the cookie crumbles
Word origin
C18: from Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake
All related terms of 'cookies'
cookie
A cookie is a sweet biscuit .
cooky
→ cookie
biccy
a biscuit
bickie
a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough
bikkie
a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough
biscuit
A biscuit is a small flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet.
hash cookies
biscuits containing cannabis
toss one's cookies
to vomit ; throw up
drop cookie
any of various cookies made from dough which is dropped onto a baking sheet as by teaspoonfuls
tough cookie
If you say that someone is a tough cookie , you mean that they have a strong and determined character .
fortune cookie
A fortune cookie is a sweet , crisp cake which contains a piece of paper which is supposed to say what will happen to you in the future . Fortune cookies are often served in Chinese restaurants .