Band-Aid Definition

băndād
noun
A bandage of this type.
Webster's New World
A temporary, superficial remedy for a serious or complex problem.
Webster's New World

Alternative spelling of band-aid.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc (often used with a negative connotation of a lack of foresight)

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Synonyms:
adjective
Providing only temporary, superficial relief.
Webster's New World
verb
To apply an adhesive bandage.
As a school nurse, Pat was used to bandaiding lots of scraped knees and elbows.
Wiktionary

To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.

Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message.
Wiktionary
other
A trademark for an adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, used to protect minor wounds.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Band-Aid

Noun

Singular:
Band-Aid
Plural:
band-aids

Origin of Band-Aid

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

    From Wiktionary

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