Definitions for band-aid
ˈbændˌeɪdband-aid

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1. band-aidnoun

   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. band-aidnoun

   A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc (often used with a negative connotation of a lack of foresight)

3. band-aidverb

   To apply an adhesive bandage.

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

4. band-aidverb

   To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.

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

5. Etymology: Trademark Band-Aid registered 1924 by Johnson & Johnson. Sense of a temporary solution 1968, Canada.

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1. Band-Aid

   Band-Aid is a brand of adhesive bandages distributed by the American pharmaceutical and medical-devices company Johnson & Johnson. Invented in 1920, the brand has become a generic term for adhesive bandages in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and others.

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1. Band-Aid

   Band-Aid is a brand name of American pharmaceutical and medical devices giant Johnson & Johnson's line of adhesive bandages and related products. It has also become a genericized trademark for any adhesive bandage in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada and India. The term "band-aid" has also entered usage as both a noun and verb describing a temporary fix.

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1. Alex

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of band-aid in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of band-aid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of band-aid in a Sentence

1. Leonard Augsburger:

   Most' obstructed error' notes result from a loose piece of paper, scotch tape, band-aid, or other detritus becoming attached to the currency stock during the printing process and later falling off. Most notes of this class thus exhibit a blank area somewhere on Del Monte note.

2. Gennadiy Goldberg:

   The repo operations are a band-aid, but the wound isn't healed fully.

3. Karen Stout:

   If there was ever a case for free community college, Covid certainly ripped the band-aid off and made that clear.

4. Kasia Sawicka:

   Logistically speaking, if you think of a rapidly spreading pandemic, having the ability to vaccinate a large number of people is really the only way we know to date how to deal with it. If you need to train emergency personnel, that presents a problem. What if we had a way to vaccinate people by just telling them to stick on a Band-Aid? because the payload can be delivered to areas where it’s needed rapidly— no special handling required— then applied to the skin by someone whose sophistication is limited to that of applying a Band-Aid… it becomes possible to address these major challenges that have long bedeviled the health care profession in delivering vaccines to underserved areas.

5. Bill Maher:

   It was gonna happen, it had to happen and he was the one who f---in' pulled the Band-Aid off.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Band-Aid
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-Aid
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=band-aid