cookie

Definition

  • noun: a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round and is made from flour and sugar
  • noun: a small flat or slightly raised cake
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: bickie, qualifier, l

Examples

  • Opponents accused the candidate of taking a 'cookie-cutter' approach to the problem. [=of not coming up with new ideas to deal with the problem]

  • I'm disappointed that I didn't get the job but 'that's the way the cookie crumbles'. [='that's how it goes']

  • Don't worry about her—she's a 'tough cookie'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Who was that? - Harvey. - Another double shift, huh? - Sometimes. I got nothing else to do, I like the girls, I miss Ben gives me a little extra in the cookie jar. I sold another, another couple of photos to the Bugle so that outa help. Yea, what really help if that guy would pay you a fair wage. (..)
    2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2