cookies
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Meaning · English
Referring to a steal in basketball. Rarely used in the singular (most commonly, even when referring to a single steal, one simply exclaims, "Cookies!").
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Jrue Holiday taking people's cookies for 3 minutes straight (on-ball steals)
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “cookies” mean?
Referring to a steal in basketball. Rarely used in the singular (most commonly, even when referring to a single steal, one simply exclaims, "Cookies!").
Is “cookies” formal or informal?
cookies is generally slang.