COOKIE


Meaning of COOKIE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

or cooky ˈku̇-kē

( plural cook·ies )

Etymology: Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake

Date: 1703

1. : a small flat or slightly raised cake

2.

a. : an attractive woman

a buxom French cookie who haunts the…colony's one night spot — Newsweek

b. : person , guy

a tough cookie

3. cookie : a small file or part of a file stored on a World Wide Web user's computer, created and subsequently read by a Web site server, and containing personal information (as a user identification code, customized preferences, or a record of pages visited)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.