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Meaning of band-aid

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

band-aid

Pronunciation:/ˈbændeɪd/

noun

Definitions

  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. A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.

verb

Definitions

  1. To apply an adhesive bandage.

    Example: As a school nurse, Pat was used to bandaiding lots of scraped knees and elbows.

  2. To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.

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