cook·ie also cook·y (k k  )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, cooky [ˈkʊkɪ]
n pl -ies
1. (Cookery) the US and Canadian word for biscuit
2. (Cookery) a Scot word for bun
3. Informal a person smart cookie
4. (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) 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
that's the way the cookie crumbles Informal matters are inevitably or unalterably so
[from Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake]
| cookie (kk) 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. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  cookie - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat tea biscuit, teacake - flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea dog biscuit - a hard biscuit for dogs butter cookie - cookie containing much butter spice cookie - cookie flavored with spices almond cookie, almond crescent - very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped brownie - square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts macaroon - chewy cookie usually containing almond paste kiss - a cookie made of egg whites and sugar ladyfinger - small finger-shaped sponge cake anise cookie - cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed molasses cookie - very spicy cookies sweetened partially with molasses oreo, oreo cookie - chocolate cookie with white cream filling raisin-nut cookie - cookie filled with a paste of raisins and nuts refrigerator cookie - dough formed into a roll and chilled in the refrigerator then sliced and baked raisin cookie - cookie containing raisins fruit bar - cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars sugar cookie - cookies sprinkled with granulated sugar oatmeal cookie - cookies containing rolled oats chocolate chip cookie, Toll House cookie - cookies containing chocolate chips fortune cookie - thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper gingerbread man - gingerbread cut in the shape of a person wafer - a small thin crisp cake or cookie granola bar - cookie bar made of granola Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
| 2. |  cookie - the cook on a ranch or at a camp cook - someone who cooks food | |
| 3. | cookie - a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site session cookie - a cookie that is stored temporarily and is destroyed when you close the link precision cookie - a cookie that is saved permanently on your hard drive text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
Translations
cookie [ˈkʊkɪ] N
2. (= person) → tipo/a m/f, tío/a m/f
she's a smart cookie → es una chica lista
a tough cookie → un tío duro
she's a smart cookie → es una chica lista
a tough cookie → un tío duro
3. (Internet) → cookie f
cookie, cooky
n
(US: = biscuit) → Keks m, → Plätzchen nt; that’s the way the cookie crumbles (inf: also Brit) → so ist das nun mal (im Leben), das ist der Lauf der Welt or der Dinge; to get caught with one’s hands in the cookie jar (fig inf) → ertappt werden (inf)
(inf: = smart person) → Typ m; he’s a pretty tough cookie → er ist ein ziemlich zäher Typ; smart cookie → cleveres Köpfchen
(Comput) → Cookie nt
n cookie [ˈkuki]
(American) a biscuit. koekie كَعْـكَـه رقيقَـه مُسَطَّـحـه бисквита sušenka, koláček småkage; cookie das Plätzchen μπισκότο galleta, bizcocho küpsis بیسکوئیت pikkuleipä, keksi gâteau sec עוּגִייָה मीठा बिस्कुट, बिस्कुट čajni kolačić aprósütemény kue smákaka biscotto クッキー 쿠키 sausainis, tešlainis cepums biskut koekje småkake ciastko, herbatnik biscoito fursec печенье sušienka piškot keks []kaka, kex คุกกี้ kurabiye, bisküvi (美式說法)餅乾 печиво بسکٹ bánh bích quy 美国）饼干
cookie → بسكويت sušenka kiks Keks μπισκότο galleta keksi biscuit keks biscotto ビスケット 비스킷 biscuit kjeks herbatnik bolacha печенье kex ขนมปังกรอบ bisküvi bánh quy 饼干
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