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cookie¹
- /ˈkʊki/
- /ˈkuːki/ sometimes
- /ˈkʉke/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-kɪ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-ki/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Sounds like kooky (foot–goose merger, some other UK pronunciations) · Rhymes with -ʊki, -uːki
Where it comes from
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.
noun cookies · cookey · cooky
- A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
- A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.
- A bun.
- An HTTP cookie.
- A magic cookie.
- An attractive young woman.
- The vulva. a little girl was eating a cookie and spitting. “Do you have hair on your cookie?” “Don't be silly. I'm only eleven.”
- The anus of a man.
- A piece of crack cocaine, larger than a rock, and often in the shape of a cookie.
- One's eaten food (e.g. lunch, etc.), especially one's stomach contents. I lost my cookies after that roller coaster ride.
- Clipping of fortune cookie
- A doughnut; a peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle.
verb cookies · cookieing · cookied · cookey · cooky
- To send a cookie to (a user, computer, etc.). We have already discussed the benefits — even the necessity — of cookieing visitors so that we can track their return visits to our Website.
cookie²
- /ˈkʊki/
- /ˈkuːki/ sometimes
- /ˈkʉke/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-kɪ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-ki/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Sounds like kooky (foot–goose merger, some other UK pronunciations) · Rhymes with -ʊki, -uːki
noun cookies
- Affectionate 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.
cookie³
- /ˈkʊki/
- /ˈkuːki/ sometimes
- /ˈkʉke/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-kɪ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /-ki/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Sounds like kooky (foot–goose merger, some other UK pronunciations) · Rhymes with -ʊki, -uːki
Where it comes from
Corruption of cucoloris.
noun cookies
- A cucoloris.
Cookie⁴
Where it comes from
From cookie, the snack food.
proper noun
- An endearing or condescending nickname. 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: biscuit, twinkie, gingersnap, pie, oreo, jam, cake, fruitcake, cracker, pudding, jelly, cheesecake, cupcake, cannoli, sundae, bisque
Translations
Every language
noun small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
| Español | galleta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 쿠키 kuki, 비스킷 biseukit |
| 日本語 | クッキー kukkī, ビスケット bisuketto |
| 中文 | 餅乾 /饼干 bǐnggān |
| हिन्दी | कुकी kukī, बिस्कुट biskuṭ |
| Kiswahili | biskuti |
| Português | biscoito, bolacha |
| Français | biscuit |
| Deutsch | Keks, Plätzchen |
| Italiano | biscotto |
| Ελληνικά | μπισκότο biskóto, βούτημα voútima |
| Română | biscuit |
| Русский | пече́нье pečénʹje |
| Tiếng Việt | bánh quy, bích quy, bánh bích quy |
| العربية | كُعَيْكَة kuʕayka, كُوكِي kūkī, بَسْكَوِيت baskawīt |
| עברית | עוּגִיָּה, עוגייה ugi'a, בִּיסְקְוִיט, ביסקוויט bískvit |
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