cookie
pronunciation
How to pronounce cookie in British English:
UK [ˈkʊki]
How to pronounce cookie in American English:
US [ˈkʊki]
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- Noun:
- any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
- the cook on a ranch or at a camp
- a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site
Word Origin
- cookie (n.)
- 1703, American English, from Dutch koekje "little cake," diminutive of koek "cake," from Middle Dutch koke (see cake (n.)). Slang application to persons attested since 1920. Phrase that's the way the cookie crumbles "that's the way things happen" is from 1957.
Example
- 1. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand .
- 2. These make a healthier cookie choice for your dear one !
- 3. In a second study , subjects were invited to do a cookie taste test .
- 4. Surely you eat a cookie to eat a cookie , right ?
- 5. Indeed , each may be two sides of the same cookie .