brownie
IPA: brˈaʊni
noun
- (usually countable, cooking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
- (uncountable, cooking, Australia and New Zealand) A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants.
- (countable)
- (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
- (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
- (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
- (informal) A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
- (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
- (ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Arab, Indian or Hispanic descent. Sometimes used for a Native American or Pacific Islander.
- (Britain, Canada, Australia) A junior Girl Guide.
- (US) A junior Girl Scout.
- A nickname of the surname Brown.
- Alternative letter-case form of Brownie (“a girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts)”). [(Britain, Canada, Australia) A junior Girl Guide.]
Examples of "brownie" in Sentences
- It seems that a brownie is a cake.
- I think it depends on the brownie.
- Or gooey brownies with fudge icing.
- Thanks again for the Brownie point.
- I was a pinky and she was a brownie.
- Brownie Brown is a good example of this.
- So not many brownie points for that then.
- And a chocolate covered brownie on a stick.
- Brownie is evacuated but dies at the hospital.
- I can make brownies without looking at the recipe.