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

  • (..) You're all gonna die! Way to go, baby! Good shooting, Cade! I'm like a fat ballerina who takes scalps and slits throats! Got your fortune cookie! Come here, you little punk. Pull the pin! I'm dying out here! Here! Take it. Take it! Little help! Little help! It's live! It's live, (..)
    2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction