BISCUIT

(FLAT CAKE) [UK and ANZ] [noun] [C], [UK and ANZ] [informal] bickie, ANZ also bikkie, US, ANZ also cookie - a flat small cake that is dry, hard and usually sweetchocolate/ginger biscuitshomemade biscuitsa packet of biscuitsWould you like some cheese and biscuits (US crackers)?Tea and biscuits was brought in to the meeting at 3.30 p.m.What kind of biscuit do you like best?I usually mix dog biscuits (= biscuits for dogs) with the other food I give my dog.See picture: BiscuitsCheese biscuits (US crackers) are the different types of usually savoury biscuit that are eaten with cheese, or savoury biscuits which contain cheese.(informal) If you say that something or someone (really) takes the biscuit you mean that someone has done something that you find particularly annoying or surprising.