band-aid
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band-aid
- /ˈbændeɪd/ US
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Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid.
noun band-aids · bandaid
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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.
Similar: adhesive bandage, Elastoplast, plaster, sticking plaster
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A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
It was another of those political band-aids patted over a minor sore.
Similar: hack
verb band-aids · band-aiding · band-aided · bandaid
- To apply an adhesive bandage. As a school nurse, Pat was used to band-aiding lots of scraped knees and elbows.
- 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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noun adhesive bandage
| Español | curita, parche curita, tirita, apósito, esparadrapo, leuco |
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| 한국어 | 반창고 banchanggo, 밴드에이드 baendeueideu |
| 日本語 | 絆創膏 bansōkō, バンドエイド bandoeido |
| 中文 | 創可貼 /创可贴 chuàngkětiē, 邦迪 bāngdí |
| Português | penso, band-aid |
| Français | pansement, sparadrap |
| Deutsch | Pflaster, Wundpflaster, Heftpflaster, Wundschnellverband, Leukoplast |
| Italiano | cerotto |
| Ελληνικά | λευκοπλάστης lefkoplástis |
| Română | plasture |
| Русский | лейкопла́стырь lejkoplástyrʹ, пла́стырь plástyrʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | băng cá nhân, băng keo cá nhân |
| العربية | ضِمَادَة ḍimāda, لاصِق طِبِّي lāṣiq ṭibbī |
| עברית | פְּלַסְטֶר pláster |
noun temporary or makeshift solution
| Español | paños calientes |
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| Deutsch | Behelfslösung, Behelf, Notlösung, Übergangslösung |
| Русский | запла́тка zaplátka, косты́ль kostýlʹ |
verb to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig
| Русский | залата́ть zalatátʹ, пофи́ксить pofíksitʹ |
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Talk about this word "band-aid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/band-aid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. band-aid. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/band-aid "band-aid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/band-aid.Cite this
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title = {band-aid},
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