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[koo k-ee] /ˈkʊk i/
a small cake made from stiff, sweet dough rolled and sliced or dropped by spoonfuls on a large, flat pan (cookie sheet) and baked.
Informal. dear; sweetheart (a term of address, usually connoting affection).
  1. a person:
    a smart cookie; a tough cookie.
  2. an alluring young woman.
Computers. a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a Web page.
South Atlantic States (chiefly North Carolina) . a doughnut.
Scot. a bun.
toss / spill one's cookies, Slang. to vomit.
Also, cooky.
1695-1705; < Dutch koekie, dialectal variant of koekje, equivalent to koek cake + -je diminutive suffix Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for spill her cookies


noun (pl) -ies
(US & Canadian) a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) biscuit
a Scot word for bun
(informal) a person: smart cookie
(computing) a piece of data downloaded to a computer by a website, containing details of the preferences of that computer's user which identify the user when revisiting that website
(informal) that's the way the cookie crumbles, matters are inevitably or unalterably so
Word Origin
C18: from Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake
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Word Origin and History for spill her cookies



1703, American English, from Dutch koekje "little cake," diminutive of koek "cake," from Middle Dutch koke (see cake (n.)). Slang application to persons attested since 1920. Phrase that's the way the cookie crumbles "that's the way things happen" is from 1957.

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spill her cookies in Science
A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site. Cookies are used to relate one computer transaction to a later one.
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Slang definitions & phrases for spill her cookies


  1. (also cookee) A cook or cook's helper (1840s+)
  2. A person who prepares opium for smoking; opium addict (1950s+ Narcotics)
  3. An attractive young woman (1920+)
  4. A person; gal, guy •Most often modified by smart or tough: ''What do you really want?'' Smart cookie (1930+)
  5. (also cookies) The female genitals; vulva (1950s+ Black)
  6. A base hit: knowing I was going to get at least one cookie every game (1970s+ Baseball)
  7. A short line of text added to one's computer upon accessing a Web site, to identify the user
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gripe one's ass, that's the way the ball bounces, tough cookie

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