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cookies - 4 dictionary results

cook⋅ie

[kook-ee]
–noun
1. a small cake made from stiff, sweet dough rolled and sliced or dropped by spoonfuls on a large, flat pan (cookie sheet) and baked.
2. Informal. dear; sweetheart (a term of address, usually connoting affection).
3. Slang.
a. a person: a smart cookie; a tough cookie.
b. an alluring young woman.
4. Computers. a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a Web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a Web page.
5. South Atlantic States (chiefly North Carolina). a doughnut.
6. Scot. a bun.
7. toss or spill one's cookies, Slang. to vomit.
Also, cooky.


Origin:
1695–1705, < D koekie, dial. var. of koekje, equiv. to koek cake + -je dim. suffix

cook⋅y

[kook-ee]
–noun, plural cook⋅ies.
cookie.
cook·ie also cook·y   (kŏŏk'ē)   
n.   pl. cook·ies
  1. A small, usually flat and crisp cake made from sweetened dough.
  2. Slang A person, usually of a specified kind: a lawyer who was a tough cookie.
  3. Computer Science A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site.

[Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek, cake, from Middle Dutch koeke.]
cookie   (kk'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site. Cookies are used to relate one computer transaction to a later one.
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