cookie

English

/ˈkʊki/, /ˈkuːki/

noun
Definitions
  • (North America) A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
  • (UK) A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it.
  • (Scotland) A bun.
  • (computing) An HTTP cookie.
  • (computing) A magic cookie.
  • (slang) An attractive young woman.
  • (slang) The female genitalia.
  • (slang) A piece of crack cocaine, larger than a rock, and often in the shape of a cookie.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish koekje (little cake) derived from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (bun, cake, roll).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*kōkô

Gloss

bun, cake, roll

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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