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

Some of us virtuously recycle items that will be transported across the world to smother island nations in single-use plastic bags and water bottles, milk jugs, yogurt tubs, pet food and potato chip bags, Styrofoam meat trays, Coke bottles, Amazon mailing envelopes, and fast-food wrappers. —Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026

The Pestova company has nearly 100 acres of potato fields in eastern Kosovo that are used to make the potato chips sold under the name Vipa. —ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026

Just the different versions of Pringles chips took up more space than an entire potato chip section at smaller stores. —Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

Chicago has a history of launching unusual vending machines, including Farmer’s Fridge, which pioneered salad offerings where soda, candy bars and potato chips usually tantalized hangry passersby from behind glass. —Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for potato chip

• apostleship
• apprenticeship
• assistantship
• championship
• chancellorship
• citizenship
• companionship
• copartnership
• dictatorship
• directorship
• discipleship
• editorship

Kids Definition

potato chip

noun

: a thin slice of potato fried in deep fat