band-aid

See also: bandaid

English
Band-aid

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Etymology

From the trademark Band-Aid, registered in 1924 by Johnson & Johnson, from bandage + aid. The sense "temporary solution" was first used in 1968 in Canada.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbændeɪd/

Noun

band-aid (plural band-aids)

  1. An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.
  2. (informal) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
    • 1968, United Church Observer, n 15 (March), p 36:
      It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore.

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Verb

band-aid (third-person singular simple present band-aids, present participle band-aiding, simple past and past participle band-aided)

  1. To apply an adhesive bandage.
    As a school nurse, Pat was used to bandaiding lots of scraped knees and elbows.
  2. To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.
    Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message.

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Noun

band-aid m (plural band-aids)

  1. band-aid (adhesive bandage)

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