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

  • (..) Honey, that hurts. You're just like Grandpa. TERESA: Come on. TERESA: Let's see if the cookies are done. HANNAH: Come on, Seth. SETH: Can I help you? TERESA: Yeah, great. How did you two meet? (..)
    1998 City of Angels
  • (..) they had a good fight, Who you were in Fight Club is not who you were outside of it. A guy came to Fight Club for the first time. His ass was a wad of cookie dough. If you could fight any celebrity, who would you fight? - Alive or dead? - Doesn't matter. Who'd be tough? Hemingway. You? (..)
    1999 Fight Club
  • (..) Hi.. Hello? Hello? Hello? - Hello! My name is... - You know, I'm gonna hit the pause button right there. Cause we're all good on bunny scout cookies. No. I'm Officer Hopps, ZPD. I'm looking for a missing mammal... Emmitt Otterton. Right here. He may have frequented this establishment? (..)
    2016 Zootopia