ALL meanings of cookie
cook·ie
C c - countable noun cookie A cookie is a sweet biscuit. 3
- countable noun cookie A cookie is a piece of computer software which enables a website you have visited to recognize you if you visit it again. 3
- noun cookie a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough 3
- noun cookie a person 3
- noun cookie a piece of data downloaded to a computer by a website, containing details of the preferences of that computer's user which identify the user when revisiting that website 3
- noun cookie a small, sweet cake, variously shaped, filled, etc., but usually flat and either crisp or chewy 3
- noun cookie a bun 3
- noun cookie a person, esp. one qualified as tough, smart, shrewd, etc. 3
- noun cookie an attractive young woman 3
- noun cookie a small file placed automatically on a user's hard disk, as by a website or online service, for the purpose of storing information about and recognizing the user 3
- noun cookie A small sweet cake, typically round, flat, and crisp. 1
- noun cookie sweet cake, biscuit 1
- noun cookie computing: saved information 1
- noun cookie a small cake made from stiff, sweet dough rolled and sliced or dropped by spoonfuls on a large, flat pan (cookie sheet) and baked. 1
- noun cookie Informal. dear; sweetheart (a term of address, usually connoting affection). 1
- noun cookie Slang. a person: a smart cookie; a tough cookie. an alluring young woman. 1
- noun cookie Computers. a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a web page. 1
- noun cookie South Atlantic States (chiefly North Carolina) . a doughnut. 1
- noun cookie Scot. a bun. 1
- idioms cookie toss / spill one's cookies, Slang. to vomit. 1
- noun Technical meaning of cookie 1. (web) HTTP cookie. 2. (protocol) A handle, transaction ID, or other token of agreement between cooperating programs. "I give him a packet, he gives me back a cookie". The ticket you get from a dry-cleaning shop is an example of a cookie; the only thing it's useful for is to relate a later transaction to this one (so you get the same clothes back). Compare magic cookie; see also fortune cookie. 3. (security, jargon) A cracker term for the password list on a multi-user computer. 4. (jargon) An adjective describing a computer that just became toast. 1
- noun cookie (Canada, US) A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm. 0
- noun cookie (Britain) A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it. 0
- noun cookie (Scotland) A bun. 0
- noun cookie (computing, browsers) An HTTP cookie, web cookie. 0
- noun cookie (computing) A magic cookie. 0
- noun cookie (dated, possibly offensive) A young, attractive woman. 0
- noun cookie (Slang) (vulgar) The female genitalia. 0