brownie

Plural: brownies

Noun

• A small, chewy, chocolate cake; a benevolent, mischievous sprite.
• a junior Girl Scout
• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
• A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
• A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants.
• A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
• A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent.
• A household spirit or revered ancestor.
• Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
• A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
• A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
• Alternative letter-case form of Brownie (“a girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts)”).
• A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
• A person with brown skin.

Examples

• Order for the brownie was placed but it took half an hour to prepare it.
• Playing BROWNIE added a sweet eight points to her Words With Friends score.

Synonyms

elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy