cookie
noun
Simple meaning
A sweet baked good usually having chocolate chips, fruit.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kuukeeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkʊki
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
ukcommonwealth
A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.
canadausphilippines
A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
An endearing or condescending nickname.
computingInternetby ellipsis
An HTTP cookie.
informalin the plural
One's eaten food (e.g. lunch, etc.), especially one's stomach contents.
informal
A type of hollow snack, common in westernized Chinese cuisine: a crisp sugary wafer containing a message on a narrow strip of paper, generally with a wise or vaguely prophetic message or random numbers usable in a lottery printed on the paper.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.
Used this way, cookie is a reasonably familiar word with a mildly favourable edge. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Slightly positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Positive and appreciative
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use cookie
- “My grandmother bakes the best chocolate chip cookie.”
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Sense: sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips
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