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/ˈkʊki/sometimes/ˈkuːki/Northern Ireland, Scotland/ˈkʉke/Northern Ireland, Scotland/-kɪ/

noun

A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.

CommonScrabble 12

Meanings

cookie1

nouncookie (plural cookies)

plural cookies · alternative dated cookey · alternative dated cooky

  1. CanadaPhilippinesUSA small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.

    Synonyms: biscuit, bickie

  2. CommonwealthUKA sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.
  3. ScotlandA bun.
  4. Internetby ellipsiscomputingAn HTTP cookie.
  5. by ellipsiscomputingA magic cookie.
  6. datedslangAn attractive young woman.
  7. euphemisticslangvulgarThe vulva.

    Cookie put his butt to sleep, now he callin' me Nyquil.

    2014, Nicki Minaj, "Anaconda" (Clean Version), The Pinkprint
    3 more examples

    a little girl was eating a cookie and spitting. “Do you have hair on your cookie?” “Don't be silly. I'm only eleven.”

    1968, Gershon Legman, quoting anonymous informant from New York, 1953, Rationale of the Dirty Joke, page 100

    Her legs hung over the edge and the large towel covered just enough of her lap to hide her 'cookie'.

    2009, T. R. Oulds, Story of Many Secret Night, Lulu.com, published 2010, →ISBN

    If she wanted to compete in this dog-eat-pussy world, she had to keep up her personal grooming, even if it meant spreading her legs and letting some Vietnamese woman rip the hair off her cookie every other week.

    2010, Lennie Ross, Blow me, Lulu.com, published 2010, →ISBN, page 47
  8. slangvulgarThe anus of a man.
  9. slangdrugsA piece of crack cocaine, larger than a rock, and often in the shape of a cookie.
  10. in pluralinformalOne's eaten food (e.g. lunch, etc.), especially one's stomach contents.

    I feel sick, like I'm about to toss my cookies.

    1 more example

    I lost my cookies after that roller coaster ride.

  11. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of fortune cookie.
  12. Northern USA doughnut; a peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle.
verbcookie (third-person singular simple present cookies, present participle cookieing, simple past and past participle cookied)

present singular third person cookies · participle present cookieing · participle past cookied · past cookied · alternative dated cookey · alternative dated cooky

  1. transitivecomputingTo send a cookie to (a user, computer, etc.).

    At Oracle, they cookie you before and after you register.

    2002, Jim Sterne, Web Metrics: Proven Methods for Measuring Web Site Success
    1 more example

    We have already discussed the benefits — even the necessity — of cookieing visitors so that we can track their return visits to our Website.

    2000, Ralph Kimball, Richard Merz, The Data Webhouse Toolkit: Building the Web-Enabled Data Warehouse

cookie2

nouncookie (plural cookies)

plural cookies

  1. colloquialdatedAffectionate name for a cook.

    More than a little apprehensive myself, I went out to the kitchen. Cookie, deep in a murder story, rocked peacefully beside the glowing range.

    1954, Blackwood's Magazine, volumes 275-276, page 340
    1 more example

    "You must show cookie here how grateful you are for all the trouble she's taken." The boy didn't move. "Go on, get on with it," the Trunchbull said. "Cut a slice and taste it. We haven't got all day."

    1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda

cookie3

nouncookie (plural cookies)

plural cookies

  1. slangA cucoloris.

Cookie4

proper noun
  1. An endearing or condescending nickname.

    Fry: Robot Devil? I get your hands? Zam! Robot Devil: Oh, what an appallingly ironic outcome. Bender: It's not ironic, it's just coincidental. Now fork over those lady-fingers, Cookie!

    2003, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", season 4, episode 18 of Futurama [Robot Devil's roulette with names of robots stops at his own name, "Robot Devil". As a result, he has to give his own hands to Fry.]
    1 more example

    Anyway, I went into the house and before I could get passed the bedroom, he called me. I hated him for calling me. He would say, “Come here, Cookie,” and for some reason, I was stupid and scared and I listened to this man.

    2003, Katherine 'Cookie' Jones, I Know A Way Out, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 21

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of various small flat sweet cakes

Broader

nounthe cook on a ranch or at a camp

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

cookie · noun, verb

  1. Proto-Germanic*kōkô
  2. Old Dutch*kuoko
  3. Middle Dutchcoeke
  4. Dutchkoek
  5. Dutchkoekie
  6. Englishcookie

Borrowed from Dutch koekie, dialectal diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare German Low German Kookje (“biscuit, cookie, cracker”), Low German Kook (“cake”), German Kuchen (“cake”)). More at cake. Not related to English cook. The computing senses derive from magic cookie.

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cookie · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
  4. Latin*quoquō
  5. Latincoquō
  6. Latincoquus
  7. Vulgar Latin*cocus
  8. Old Englishcōc
  9. Middle Englishcook
  10. Englishcook
  11. Englishcookie

From cook + -ie.

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Cookie · proper noun

From cookie, the snack food.

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Translations

Afrikaans koekie, koekie
  • koekiesweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • koekieyoung, attractive woman
  • koekieslang: female genitalia
  • koekiesmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Ancient Greek κόλλιξ
  • κόλλιξ (kóllix)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Arabic كُعَيْكَة, كُوكِي
  • كُعَيْكَة (kuʕayka)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • كُوكِي (kūkī)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • بَسْكَوِيت (baskawīt)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Basque gaileta, biskotxa
  • gailetasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • biskotxasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Bengali মিষ্ট রূটি, বিস্কুট
  • মিষ্ট রূটি (miśṭo ruṭi)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • বিস্কুট (biskuṭ)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Bulgarian бискви́та, кураби́я
  • бискви́та (biskvíta)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • кураби́я (kurabíja)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • суха́р (suhár)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Catalan coca, galeta
  • cocasweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • galetasweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • galetasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • bescuitsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • pasta de tesmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Chinese Cantonese 曲奇, 曲奇餅 /曲奇饼
  • 曲奇 (kuk¹ kei⁴)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • 曲奇餅 /曲奇饼 (kuk¹ kei⁴ beng²)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • 餅乾 /饼干 (beng² gon¹)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Chinese Mandarin 餅乾 /饼干, 曲奇
  • 餅乾 /饼干 (bǐnggān)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • 曲奇 (qūqí)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • 曲奇餅 /曲奇饼 (qūqíbǐng)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Czech sušenka
  • sušenkasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Danish småkage, kiks
  • småkagesmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • kikssmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Dutch koekje
  • koekjesmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Esperanto kuketo, biskvito
  • kuketosweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • biskvitosweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • biskvitosmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Estonian küpsis, kook
  • küpsissmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • kooksmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • biskviitsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Finnish keksi, pikkuleipä
  • keksisweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • pikkuleipäsweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • böönayoung, attractive woman
  • piparislang: female genitalia
  • keksismall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • pikkuleipäsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
French cookie, biscuit
  • cookiesweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • biscuitsweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • poupéeyoung, attractive woman
  • mouleslang: female genitalia
  • chatteslang: female genitalia
  • motteslang: female genitalia
  • biscuitsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
German Cookie, Keks
  • Cookiesweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • Kekssmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • Plätzchensmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Greek μπισκότο, βούτημα
  • μπισκότο (biskóto)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • βούτημα (voútima)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hebrew עוּגִיָּה, עוגייה
  • עוּגִיָּהsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • עוגייה (ugi'a)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • בִּיסְקְוִיטsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • ביסקוויט (bískvit)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hindi कुकी, बिस्कुट
  • कुकी (kukī)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • बिस्कुट (biskuṭ)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hungarian sütemény, süti
  • süteménysmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • sütismall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • aprósüteménysmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • teasüteménysmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Icelandic kex, smákaka
  • kexsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • smákakasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Indonesian kukis, biskuit
  • kukissweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • biskuitsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • kukissmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Italian biscotto
  • biscottosmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Japanese クッキー, ビスケット
  • クッキー (kukkī)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • ビスケット (bisuketto)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Korean 쿠키, 비스킷
  • 쿠키 (kuki)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • 비스킷 (biseukit)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Latin crustulum, copta
  • crustulumsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • coptasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Latvian cepums, biskvīts
  • cepumssmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • biskvītssmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Lithuanian sausainis, biskvitas
  • sausainissmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • biskvitassmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Malay kuih
  • kuihsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Norwegian Bokmål småkake
  • småkakesmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Polish ciastko, ciasteczko
  • ciastkosmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • ciasteczkosmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • herbatniksmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Portuguese biscoito, bolacha
  • biscoitosmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • bolachasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Romanian biscuit
  • biscuitsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Russian пече́нье
  • пече́нье (pečénʹje)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Scottish Gaelic briosgaid
  • briosgaidsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Slovak sušienka
  • sušienkasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Spanish bombón, muñeca
  • bombónyoung, attractive woman
  • muñecayoung, attractive woman
  • galletasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Swahili biskuti
  • biskutismall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Swedish kaka, småkaka
  • kakasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • småkakasmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Tagalog kuki
  • kukismall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Thai คุกกี้, ขนมกินเล่น
  • คุกกี้ (kúk-gîi)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • ขนมกินเล่นsmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • บิสกิต (bís-gìt)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • ขนมปัง (kà-nǒm-bpang)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Turkish kurabiye, kurabiye
  • kurabiyesweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
  • kurabiyesmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Ukrainian пе́чиво
  • пе́чиво (péčyvo)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Urdu کُوکی, بِسْکِٹ
  • کُوکی (kūkī)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • بِسْکِٹ (biskiṭ)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • بِسْکُٹ (biskuṭ)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Vietnamese bánh quy, bích quy
  • bánh quysmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • bích quysmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
  • bánh bích quysmall, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Yiddish קיכל
  • קיכל (kikhl)small, flat baked good — see also biscuit

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cookie

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Sounds the same

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