cookies

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/ˈkʊkiz/

noun

Referring to a steal in basketball. Rarely used in the singular (most commonly, even when referring to a single steal, one simply exclaims, "Cookies!").

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of cookie
  2. datedpluralplural of cooky
  3. datedpluralplural of cookey
  4. slangball gamesReferring to a steal in basketball. Rarely used in the singular (most commonly, even when referring to a single steal, one simply exclaims, "Cookies!").

    Cookies and cream, they opened a cookie shop on em!

    2026 January 6, Snoop Dogg, Facebook
    2 more examples

    Jrue Holiday taking people's cookies for 3 minutes straight (on-ball steals)

    2021 July 22, Reddit

    "COOKIES!!" Craziest Off the Dribble Steals in HS Basketball!

    2023 December 13, YouTube
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of cookie

Synonyms & antonyms

Cite this entry
APA

cookies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookies

MLA

“cookies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookies. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cookies,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cookies.

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