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Band-aid

//ˈbændeɪd// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 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. Australia, Canada, Philippines, US
  2. 2
    A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight. Australia, Canada, Philippines, US, idiomatic, informal

    "It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore."

Verb
  1. 1
    To apply an adhesive bandage. transitive

    "As a school nurse, Pat was used to band-aiding lots of scraped knees and elbows."

  2. 2
    To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig. broadly, figuratively, transitive

    "Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid.

Etymology 2

Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid.

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