chili cheese fries

[ chil-ee chiz frahyz ]

plural noun

, Informal.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of chili cheese fries¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

“This has just got to be the chili cheese fries and the cake and the five cocktails and maybe the half gummy I ate.”

From Seattle Times

Keith Stonehouse said he was alone with his son while his wife was at the movies when Mason ordered jumbo shrimp, salads, shawarma and chicken pita sandwiches, chili cheese fries and other foods that one Grubhub driver after another delivered to their Chesterfield Township home.

From Seattle Times

Chili cheese fries in the cafeteria were my salvation.

From Los Angeles Times

When Ms. Nicholson pulled into a shopping plaza that day so that Mr. Holder could buy chili cheese fries, she said, she spotted Nipsey Hussle standing outside his store, Marathon clothing.

From New York Times

Mr. Holder did not indicate that he knew the rapper, but approached him for a brief conversation after ordering chili cheese fries at a nearby burger place while the woman waited in the car.

From New York Times