Band-Aid
- a brand of adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, used to cover minor abrasions and cuts.
- (often lowercase) Informal. a makeshift, limited, or temporary aid or solution that does not satisfy the basic or long-range need: The proposed reform isn't thorough enough to be more than just a band-aid.
- (often lowercase) Informal. serving as a makeshift, limited, or temporary aid or solution: band-aid measures to solve a complex problem.
Origin of Band-Aid
Related Words for band-aid
spontaneous, impromptu, makeshift, limited, short-lived, brief, interim, transitory, provisional, momentary, tactical, explanation, result, Band-Aid, bit, comment, remark, justification, interpretation, keyExamples from the Web for band-aid
Contemporary Examples of band-aid
Unfortunately, the best response we can muster might be much harder than a band-aid or hidden camera.
Hell, even the band-aid of busing was enough to spark a huge backlash to civil rights laws.
“AbleNook is not just a short term or Band-Aid fix, but a solution that could become a home for multiple generations,” she says.
AbleNook designers offer alternative to disaster-relief tents and trailersNina Strochlic
August 18, 2013
Or, we can pull off the Band-Aid attaching the two sides of banking.
Instead of building up and having wedding promos and having it be this whole event, it was like ripping a Band-Aid off.
Historical Examples of band-aid
He had torn open a Band-Aid and was trying to fasten it around his finger.
The Last StrawWilliam J. Smith
Band-Aid
- trademark a gauze surgical dressing backed by adhesive tape
- (sometimes not capitals) informal somethinɡ that provides a temporary solution to a problem
Word Origin and History for band-aid
Band-Aid
trademark registered 1924 by Johnson & Johnson for a stick-on gauze pad or strip. See band (n.1) + aid (n.). The British equivalent was Elastoplast. Figurative sense of "temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, pallative" (often lower case, sometimes bandaid) is first recorded 1968; as an adjective, from 1970.
Band-Aid
(bănd′ād′)- A trademark for an adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, employed to protect minor wounds.