COOKIE

cookie

(noun) a short line of text that a web site puts on your computerā€™s hard drive when you access the web site

cookie, cooky, biscuit

(noun) any of various small flat sweet cakes (ā€˜biscuitā€™ 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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THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; ā€œtheoretical scienceā€


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Coffee Trivia

Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.

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