Cookie

Pronunciation

• enPR: ko͝ok'i, IPA: /ˈkÊŠki/
• Rhymes: -ÊŠki

Alternative forms

• cookey, cooky

Origin

From Dutch koekje (possibly through dialectal variation koekie), diminutive of koek ("cake"), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare Low German Kook, German Kuchen). More at cake.

Full definition of cookie

Noun

1. (North America) A small flat, baked cake which is either crisp or soft but firm (often with chocolate chips, candies or nuts mixed in.)
2. (UK) A specifically American-style biscuit.
3. (Scotland) a bun.
4. (computing, browsers) An HTTP cookie, web cookie.
5. (computing) A magic cookie.
6. (dated, possibly offensive) A young, attractive woman.

Synonyms

• (cake) biscuit, bickie UK, Australian English

Derived terms