- (especially North American English) a small flat sweet cake for one person, usually baked until hard and dry
- chocolate chip cookies
- a cookie jar
- Girl Scouts went around the neighborhood selling cookies.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chocolate
- chocolate chip
- gingerbread
- …
- plate
- bag
- batch
- …
- bake
- make
- sell
- …
- crumb
- dough
- jar
- …
- cookies and milk
- milk and cookies
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- (computing) a piece of data that is sent by a server to a browser to identify a particular person each time they use a network or the internet
- Learn about our cookie policy.
Collocations the Internetthe InternetConnecting to the internetTopics Phones, email and the internetc1- go online/on the internet
- have a high-speed/broadband/wireless (internet) connection
- access/connect to/locate the server
- use/open/close/launch a/your web browser
- browse/surf/search/scour the internet/the Web
- send/contain/spread/detect a(n) (computer/email) virus
- update your antivirus software
- install/use/configure a firewall
- accept/enable/block/delete cookies
- visit/check a website/somebody’s blog/somebody's vlog/somebody's socials
- create/design/launch a website/social networking site
- start/write/post/read a blog
- update your blog/a website
- be in/meet somebody in/go into/enter an internet chat room
- download/upload music/software/a song/a podcast/a file/a copy of something
- share information/data/files
- post a comment/message on a(n) website/online message board/internet forum/chat room
- stream video/audio/music/content (online/over the internet)
- join/participate in/visit/provide a(n) (web-based/web/online/internet/discussion) forum
- generate/increase/monitor internet traffic
- be on/chat on/use social media
- post/comment on Instagram/Snapchat/Twitter/X
- follow/unfolllow a friend/celebrity/singer/influencer
- add somebody to/join/leave a group/chat
- like/delete a post/comment/photo
- receive/get/open an email
- write/send/answer/forward/delete an email
- check/read/access your email
- block/filter (out) junk/spam/unsolicited email
- exchange email addresses
- open/check your inbox
- junk mail fills/floods/clogs your inbox
- have/set up an email account
- open/send/contain an attachment
- sign up for/receive email alerts
- smart/tough cookie (informal) a smart/tough person
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Dutch koekje ‘little cake’, diminutive of koek.
Idioms
See cookie in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarythat’s the way the cookie crumbles
- (informal) that is the situation and we cannot change it, so we must accept it
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