band-aid

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Usage notes 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations

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[edit] Alternative spellings

• bandaid
• Band-Aid
• BAND-AID®

[edit] Noun

band-aid (plural band-aids)

1. (US) 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. (capitalized) A particular brand of adhesive bandage.
3. (US) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc (often used with a negative connotation of a lack of foresight)

   The proposed pension reforms are just a band-aid that won't fix the underlying problems in the system.

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• (small adhesive bandage): adhesive bandage, plaster, sticking plaster
• (makeshift solution): hack

[edit] Usage notes

• BAND-AID® is a registered trade-mark of Johnson and Johnson.

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[edit] Verb

to 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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