cookie
cookie definition
cookie (ko̵ok′ē)
noun
- ☆ a small, sweet cake, variously shaped, filled, etc., but usually flat and either crisp or chewy
- Scot. a bun
- ☆ Slang
- a person, esp. one qualified as tough, smart, shrewd, etc.
- an attractive young woman
- ☆ Comput. a small file placed automatically on a user's hard disk, as by a website or online service, for the purpose of storing information about and recognizing the user
Etymology: prob. Du koekje, dim. of koek, a cake; akin to cake
cookie Idioms
toss one's cookies
☆Slang to vomit; throw up
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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