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cookie
[kook-ee]
noun
plural
cookiesa small, usually round and flat cake, the size of an individual portion, made from stiff, sweetened dough, and baked.
Informal.dear; sweetheart (a term of address, usually connoting affection).
Slang.
a person, usually of a specified character or type.
a smart cookie;
a tough cookie.
an alluring young woman.
Also called browser cookie.Also called http cookie;.Digital Technology.a file or segment of data that identifies a unique user over time and across interactions with a website, sent by the web server through a browser, stored on a user’s hard drive, and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a web page.
Your browser will run more efficiently after you clear the cache and cookies.
South Atlantic States (chiefly North Carolina).a doughnut.
Scot.a bun.
verb (used with object)
Digital Technology.to assign a cookie or cookies to (a website user).
I'm not really comfortable being cookied all the time.
cookie
/ ˈʊɪ /
noun
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): biscuit.a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough
a Scot word for bun
informala person
smart cookie
computing a piece of data downloaded to a computer by a website, containing details of the preferences of that computer's user which identify the user when revisiting that website
informalmatters are inevitably or unalterably so
cookie
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.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cookie1
Idioms and Phrases
toss / spill one's cookies, to vomit.
Example Sentences
“What is a cookie,” she quipped, “if not a sweet cracker?”
She invites Hai in, urging him to “Go on, sit. You look like a dunked cookie.”
Karen Grammer liked to dunk Oreos in ice-cold Coca-Cola until the cream filling hardened and the cookie softened.
Dried cherries are always welcome in punchy, acidic salads and also make for an excellent addition to any cookie or baked good.
Yeh categorizes sweet salads with affection and a wink: cookie salads, Jell-O salads, candy bar salads, fluffs.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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