cook·ie 
/ˈkʊki/ noun
plural cook·ies /ˈkʊki/ noun [count] 1 chiefly US : a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round and is made from flour and sugar
▪ This recipe makes about two dozen cookies. ▪ She put a batch of cookies into the oven. ▪ chocolate chip cookies — often used before another noun ▪ a cookie jar ▪ cookie dough — see picture at baking; see also fortune cookie 2 informal : person
▪ Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie. ▪ You are one smart cookie. 3 computers : a file that may be added to your computer when you visit a Web site and that contains information about you (such as an identification code or a record of the Web pages you have visited)
▪ This recipe makes about two dozen cookies. ▪ She put a batch of cookies into the oven. ▪ chocolate chip cookies — often used before another noun ▪ a cookie jar ▪ cookie dough — see picture at baking; see also fortune cookie
▪ Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie. ▪ You are one smart cookie.
that's the way the cookie crumbles
informal — used when something bad has happened to say that you must accept things the way they are ▪ I'm disappointed that I didn't get the job but that's the way the cookie crumbles. [=that's how it goes]
