potato chip
(UK, Irish) One of a batch of pieces of potato cut into elongated cubes and fried; a chip or chipped potato, usually larger than American french fries.
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A Pennsylvania-made potato chip is under a nationwide recall.
I just saw a mayo ad that showed a potato chip, butter and mayo sandwich We may be a rock bottom
Potato chip company, Utz Quality Foods, is issuing a recall for five flavors of potato in the United States because they may be contaminated with salmonella from an ingredient used in production.
Major potato chip brands issue recall over fears of Salmonella contamination
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(UK, Irish) One of a batch of pieces of potato cut into elongated cubes and fried; a chip or chipped potato, usually larger than American french fries.
I'll take a potato chip, and eat it!
“I just saw a mayo ad that showed a potato chip, butter and mayo sandwich We may be a rock bottom”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Potato chip company, Utz Quality Foods, is issuing a recall for five flavors of potato in the United States because they may be contaminated with salmonella from an ingredient used in production.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Major potato chip brands issue recall over fears of Salmonella contamination”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(North America, Australia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, NZ) A potato crisp, a thin slice of potato that has been fried.
I'll take a potato chip, and eat it!
“A Pennsylvania-made potato chip is under a nationwide recall.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Ireland, UK, chiefly, in the plural) A thin slice of potato that has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and which is eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and sold as a snack.
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British English for what Americans call a french fry — a piece of potato cut into strips or chunks and deep-fried. The singular chipped potato emphasises the process: chipping means cutting into pieces, and the potato is then fried. In British fish-and-chip-shop culture, chips (the plural) are a national institution, and the more formal chipped potato occasionally appears in menus, newspapers, or contexts where precision matters. Think fat, soft British chip rather than the thin crispy American fry.