band-aid

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English

Band-aid

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Etymology

Genericization of the trademark Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924, from Clipping of bandage + aid.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbændeɪd/
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Noun

band-aid (plural band-aids)

  1. (Australia, Canada, US, Philippines) 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. (Australia, Canada, US, Philippines, 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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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English band-aid.

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Noun

band-aid m (plural band-aids)

  1. band-aid (adhesive bandage)
    Synonym: penso
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