variants
or cooky
plural cookies
1
: a small flat or slightly raised cake
2
3
: a small file or part of a file stored on a World Wide Web user's computer, created and subsequently read by a website server, and containing personal information (such as a user identification code, customized preferences, or a record of pages visited)
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Examples of cookie in a Sentence
This recipe makes about two dozen cookies.
She put a batch of cookies into the oven.
Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie.
You are one smart cookie.
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This method typically includes large volumes of granular data such as cookies, device IDs and timestamps across multiple channels.
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Rahul Wankhede, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
There are homemade cookies, pastries and fudge, pickled quail eggs, candied jalapenos, barbecue spices and sauces, and walls of beef jerky and candy.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2025
The annual Roselawn Heritage Foundation Picnic Lunch — hot dog, chips, cookie, pop or water — will be offered for $5 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day weekend.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
The 58-year-old was busy dipping crescent cookies in powdered sugar.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
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Rahul Wankhede, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
There are homemade cookies, pastries and fudge, pickled quail eggs, candied jalapenos, barbecue spices and sauces, and walls of beef jerky and candy.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2025
The annual Roselawn Heritage Foundation Picnic Lunch — hot dog, chips, cookie, pop or water — will be offered for $5 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day weekend.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
The 58-year-old was busy dipping crescent cookies in powdered sugar.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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cookie
noun
cook·ie
variants
or cooky
plural cookies
1
: a small sweet flat or slightly raised cake
2
: a small computer file that contains information relating to websites a person has visited
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