potato chip

noun

1. a thin slice of potato fried until crisp and usually salted.

potato chip

noun

1. (usually plural) another name for chip

2. Also called (in eg Britain): crisp. (usually plural) a very thin slice of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack

Word History and Origins

Origin of potato chip¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Give me a salad with croutons, crunchy chickpeas, and crushed potato chips.

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Volunteers there fill hydration packs and pass out hundreds of peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches, bananas, watermelon slices, potato chips, fruit pies and boiled potatoes dusted with salt.

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Lay’s is America’s top-selling brand of potato chips, a category synonymous with junk food.

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The former New York governor, testing a political comeback, seized on the bizarre scandal surrounding a suspended aide to Mayor Eric Adams who was caught on video accepting cash tucked inside a potato chip bag.

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A moment where Ruth sees a woman wearing a potato chip clip as a hair adornment captures that atmosphere.

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