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| cook·ie [ kkee ] (plural cook·ies) or cook·y [ kkee ] (plural cook·ies) |
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1. small flat sweet cake: a small flat crisp baked cake, especially one made from sweetened dough
  a box of cookies
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2. type of person: somebody who is regarded as being of a particular type or disposition
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informal
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She's one smart cookie.
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3. online computer file containing user information: a computer file containing information about a user that is sent to the central computer with each request. The server uses this information to customize data sent back to the user and to log the user's requests.
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| [Early 18th century. < Dutch koekje "little cake" < koek "cake"] |
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that's the way the cookie crumbles that is the way things tend to happen (informal)
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toss your cookies to vomit (slang)
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