Chap Stick

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Trademark.

a brand of medicated, often flavored petrolatum in a small tube, used as a salve for or protection against chapped lips.

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How to use Chap Stick in a sentence

Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.
The Black Man Who Replaced Jefferson Davis in the Senate|Philip Dray|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?|Clive Irving|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The birds poop all over the forest, and thanks to the viscin, the mistletoe seeds in said poop stick to branches.
Mistletoe is the Vampire of Plants|Helen Thompson|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And for Larry Flynt, this might be a monumental opportunity to stick it to the dictator the best way he knows how.
Kim Jong Un, Avert Your Eyes: Sony’s ‘The Interview’ Gets the Porn Parody Treatment|Aurora Snow|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
And since he was a very fast runner—for short distances—he met Grandfather Mole just as the old chap was crawling up the bank.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Whoever succeeded in getting the ring on his stick won the game, and carried the prize home as a sign of victory.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
A groom is a chap, that a gentleman keeps to clean his 'osses, and be blown up, when things go wrong.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
By using his walking stick he discovered that they formed a trail to a point in the wall.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for Chap Stick

chapstick

/ (ˈtʃæpˌstɪk) /

noun

mainly US and Canadian a cylinder of a substance for preventing or soothing chapped lips

Word Origin for chapstick

C20: from a trademark

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