cheese fries

American  

[chiz frahyz] / ˈtʃɪz ˌfraɪz /

plural noun

Informal.

1. a dish of French fries that have been topped with cheese, usually American or cheddar, and baked or otherwise heated until the cheese is melted.

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Etymology

Origin of cheese fries

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

My doubts set in once the cheese fries showed up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2024

The ballpark concession menu includes bacon-wrapped bacon, steak-cut bacon, bacon-loaded cheese fries and bacon chips.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Chili cheese fries in the cafeteria were my salvation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2022

A hotbird fried chicken sandwich and chili cheese fries are on the menu.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022

Instead there is everything you might eat if eating had no bodily consequences—the cheese fries, the chicken-fried steaks, the fudge-laden desserts—only here every bite must be paid for, one way or another, in human discomfort.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich