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potato chip
noun
: a thin slice of white potato that has been cooked until crisp and then usually salted
Examples of potato chip in a Sentence
I had a sandwich and a bag of potato chips for lunch.
Recent Examples on the Web
Here’s where to grab a bag of hamburger buns or extra potato chips.
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Bychris Morris, Fortune, 4 July 2024
Behind-the-scene photos taken where Trump’s defense conferred in the courthouse showed soda containers, potato chips and several kinds of candy.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
The commercial depicts nuns eating potato chips in a mock sacrament of Communion.
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John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
The Fed’s Los Angeles Drunk Chip features its house potato chips layered with carnitas, pico and pickled onion and served with a sambal/kewpie mayonnaise mixed with yuzu juice.
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Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Potato chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potato%20chip. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
potato chip
noun
: a thin slice of potato fried in deep fat
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