I. noun
or cooky also cook·ey ˈku̇kē, -ki
( plural cookies also cookeys )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Dutch koekje, koekie, diminutive of koek cake, from Middle Dutch coeke; akin to Old High German kuocho cake — more at cake
1. : any of various small sweet cakes either flat or slightly raised, cut from rolled dough, dropped from a spoon, or cut into pieces after baking
2. : a moderate brown that is yellower, lighter, and stronger than bay or auburn and lighter, stronger, and slightly redder than chestnut brown
3. : an appliance or strip of material (as of leather or metal) inserted in a shoe over the insole from heel to shank to support the arch
4.
a. : a little girl : child , sweetheart — used usually as an affectionate term of address
b. slang : person , guy
tough cookie
smart cookie
5. cookies plural , slang : the contents of one's stomach : what one has recently eaten
she got sick and tossed her cookies
II.
variant of cooky
III. noun
: a small file or part of a file stored on the computer of a World Wide Web user, created and subsequently read by a Web site server, and containing personalized user information (as a user identification code, customized preferences, or a record of pages visited)