cookiecookie /ˈkʊki/ ●●● S1 noun [countable] 1
a small flat sweet cake: a glass of milk and a cookie chocolate chip cookies2computers information that a website leaves in your computer so that the website will recognize you when you use it again: You can set your browser to accept or refuse cookies.3tough/smart cookie informal someone who is smart and successful, and knows how to get what she or he wants: She was a smart cookie who knew what she wanted.4that’s the way the cookie crumbles spoken informal said when something bad has happened and you must accept things the way they are, even though you do not want to5old-fashioned an attractive young woman [Origin: 1700–1800 Dutch koekje, from koek cake]
a small flat sweet cake: a glass of milk and a cookie chocolate chip cookies2computers information that a website leaves in your computer so that the website will recognize you when you use it again: You can set your browser to accept or refuse cookies.3tough/smart cookie informal someone who is smart and successful, and knows how to get what she or he wants: She was a smart cookie who knew what she wanted.4that’s the way the cookie crumbles spoken informal said when something bad has happened and you must accept things the way they are, even though you do not want to5old-fashioned an attractive young woman [Origin: 1700–1800 Dutch koekje, from koek cake]