■ noun ( plural ~s )
1》 N. Amer. a sweet biscuit.
2》 informal a person of a specified kind: she's a tough ~.
3》 Scottish a plain bun.
4》 Computing a packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser and used to identify the user or track their access to the server.
Phrases
that's the way the ~ crumbles informal, chiefly N. Amer. that's the situation, and it must be accepted, however undesirable.
Origin
C18: from Du. koekje 'little cake', dimin. of koek .