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

  • (..) It was a th Avenue bar. You must think I'm pretty stupid. That's no th Avenue bar. I can see the crumb in the corner of your lip. Now, that is a cookie and we all know that Twix is the only candy bar... ...with the cookie crunch. That's a little nougat. Nougat? Please. I think I've reached a point in my life... ...where I can tell between nougat and cookie. So let's not just say things that we both know are obvious fabrications. You know you're getting a little vein there? I know about the vein. This guy. (..)
    1998 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Dealership Season: 9 Episode 11