COOKIE
cookie
(noun) a short line of text that a web site puts on your computerās hard drive when you access the web site
cookie, cooky, biscuit
(noun) any of various small flat sweet cakes (ābiscuitā is the British term)
cookie, cooky
(noun) the cook on a ranch or at a camp
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
cookie (plural cookies)
(North America) A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
Synonyms: biscuit, bickie (UK, Australia)
(UK, Commonwealth) A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.
(Scotland) A bun.
(computing, internet) An HTTP cookie.
(computing) A magic cookie.
(slang, dated) An attractive young woman.
(slang, vulgar) The female genitalia.
(slang, drugs) A piece of crack cocaine, larger than a rock, and often in the shape of a cookie.
Hyponyms
(gastronomy: Hyponyms of cookie (noun)):
• Christmas cookie
• fortune cookie
• sharp cookie
• smart cookie
• sugar cookie
• supercookie
• tough cookie
(computing, Internet: Hyponyms of cookie (noun)):
• first-party cookie
• persistent cookie
• session cookie
• third-party cookie
Verb
cookie (third-person singular simple present cookies, present participle cookying or cookieing, simple past and past participle cookied)
(computing, transitive) To send a cookie to (a user, computer, etc.).
Etymology 2
Noun
cookie (plural cookies)
(dated, colloquial) Affectionate name for a cook.
Etymology 3
Noun
cookie (plural cookies)
(slang) A cucoloris.
Etymology
Proper noun
Cookie
An endearing or condescending nickname.
Source: Wiktionary
Cook"ey, Cook"ie, n.
Definition: See Cooky.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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