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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Many gummy products contain 3 to 7 grams of sugar per serving—about as much as a small cookie or a few jelly beans.
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Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
Water brings out notes of peanut butter cookies, vanilla ice cream and baked apple.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
This old-fashioned cookie recipe is one of Grandma’s signatures.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
At the top of the steps, in full uniform, with spikes on, David handing out hot chocolate chip cookies to the guys.
—New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
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Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
Water brings out notes of peanut butter cookies, vanilla ice cream and baked apple.
—Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
This old-fashioned cookie recipe is one of Grandma’s signatures.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
At the top of the steps, in full uniform, with spikes on, David handing out hot chocolate chip cookies to the guys.
—New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 19 Jul. 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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