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cookie.

A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkʊki//ˈkuːki/sometimes/ˈkʉke/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/-kɪ/Northern-Ireland, Scotland

  1. A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.

    Canada · Philippines · US

  2. A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.

    Commonwealth · UK

  3. A bun.

    Scotland

  4. An HTTP cookie.

    Internet

  5. A magic cookie.

  6. An attractive young woman.

    dated · slang

  7. The vulva.

    euphemistic · slang · vulgar

  8. The anus of a man.

    slang · vulgar

  9. A piece of crack cocaine, larger than a rock, and often in the shape of a cookie.

    slang

  10. One's eaten food (e.g. lunch, etc.), especially one's stomach contents.

    in-plural · informal
    I lost my cookies after that roller coaster ride.
    I feel sick, like I'm about to toss my cookies.

  11. Clipping of fortune cookie.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · informal

  12. A doughnut; a peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle.

    Northern-US
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kōkô Old Dutch *kuoko Middle Dutch coeke Dutch koek Proto-Germanic *-ukaz Proto-West Germanic *-uk Proto-Germanic *-īną Proto-West Germanic *-īn ? Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn Old Dutch -kīn Middle Dutch -kijn Dutch -tjen Dutch -je Dutch koekiebor. English cookie 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.

verb/ˈkʊki//ˈkuːki/sometimes/ˈkʉke/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/-kɪ/Northern-Ireland, Scotland

  1. To send a cookie to (a user, computer, etc.).

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kōkô Old Dutch *kuoko Middle Dutch coeke Dutch koek Proto-Germanic *-ukaz Proto-West Germanic *-uk Proto-Germanic *-īną Proto-West Germanic *-īn ? Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn Old Dutch -kīn Middle Dutch -kijn Dutch -tjen Dutch -je Dutch koekiebor. English cookie 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/ˈkʊki//ˈkuːki/sometimes/ˈkʉke/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/-kɪ/Northern-Ireland, Scotland

  1. Affectionate name for a cook.

    colloquial · dated
Where this word comes from

From cook + -ie.

noun/ˈkʊki//ˈkuːki/sometimes/ˈkʉke/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/-kɪ/Northern-Ireland, Scotland

  1. A cucoloris.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Corruption of cucoloris.

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