- 1 (especially North American English) a small flat sweet cake for one person, usually baked until crisp chocolate chip cookies a cookie jar Girl Scouts went around the neighborhood selling cookies. compare biscuit, cracker see also fortune cookie Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivechocolate, chocolate chip, gingerbread, … … of cookiesplate, bag, batch, … verb + cookiebake, make, sell, … cookie + nouncrumb, dough, jar, … phrasescookies and milk, milk and cookies See full entry See related entries: Sweets and desserts
- 2smart/tough cookie (North American English, informal) a smart/tough person
- 3 (computing) a computer file with information in it that is sent to the central server each time a particular person uses a network or the Internet Learn about our cookie policy. Wordfinderwebsitebookmark, cookie, domain, home page, hyperlink, landing page, online, social media, URL, website CollocationsEmail and the InternetEmail receive/get/open an email write/send/answer/forward/delete an email check/read/access your email block/filter (out) junk/spam/unsolicited email exchange email addresses open/check your inbox junk mail fills/floods/clogs your inbox have/set up an email account open/send/contain an attachment sign up for/receive email alertsConnecting to the Internet use/access/log onto the Internet/the Web go online/on the Internet have a high-speed/dial-up/broadband/wireless (Internet) connection access/connect to/locate the server use/open/close/launch a/your web browser browse/surf/search/scour the Internet/the Web send/contain/spread/detect a(n) (computer/email) virus update your anti-virus software install/use/configure a firewall accept/enable/block/delete cookiesUsing the Internet visit/check a website/an Internet site/somebody’s blog create/design/launch a website/social networking site start/write/post/read a blog update your blog/a website be in/meet somebody in/go into/enter an Internet chat room download/upload music/software/a song/a podcast/a file/a copy of something share information/data/files post a comment/message on a(n) website/online message board/web forum/Internet chat room stream video/audio/music/content over the Internet join/participate in/visit/provide a(n) (web-based/web/online/Internet/discussion) forum generate/increase/monitor Internet traffic See related entries: Online shopping, Websites Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Dutch koekje ‘little cake’, diminutive of koek.Idioms
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BrE BrE//ˈkʊki//; NAmE NAmE//ˈkʊki//
(pl. cookies) Online shopping, Sweets and desserts, Websites(informal) that is the situation and we cannot change it, so we must accept it
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