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chapstick

British  
/ ˈtʃæpˌstɪk /

noun

  1. a cylinder of a substance for preventing or soothing chapped lips

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of chapstick

C20: from a trademark

Example Sentences

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In another, he roots around a bag for chapstick in a suburban-looking kitchen, instead unloading fat cash stack after cash stack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

As befits his operatic moniker, Steppenwolf wears a double-horned helmet that might have been inspired by Brunhilde and hails from the fiery planet of Apokolips, which sounds like the worst chapstick ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2021

In the kits, which the medical student compiled through donations via an Amazon Wishlist, Benzel and Loki provide healthcare workers with things like healing lotion and moisturizer, Gold Bond powder, chewing gum, chapstick, and tea.

From Fox News • Apr. 18, 2020

In the car, he would sit quietly in his seat next to me, rubbing a tube of chapstick on his lips, round and round and round, till he fell asleep.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2013

Simon Periton, one of the artists in the V&A show, yells, "Oi!" when he sees me sneaking a tube of colorless chapstick to my lips.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2012

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