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band-aid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbændeɪd/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, Canada, Philippines, US) 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, Philippines, US, idiomatic, informal) 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. 1968, United Church Observer, n 15 (March), p 36

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bandaid alternative lexicographic
band-aids Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

band-aid solution · band-aid buggy · rip off the band-aid · put a band-aid on a bullet wound · rip the band-aid off · band-aid brigade

Descendants

banded

Synonyms

sticking plaster · Elastoplast · hack · adhesive bandage · plaster

Translations (102)

pt penso (adhesive bandage) · ta பிளாஸ்திரி (adhesive bandage) · sv plåster (adhesive bandage) · ru лейкопла́стырь (adhesive bandage) · wo esparadaraa (adhesive bandage) · mk фластер (adhesive bandage) · ca tireta (adhesive bandage) · hu tapasz (adhesive bandage) · mi piritāpi (adhesive bandage) · bg лепенка (adhesive bandage) · es parche curita (adhesive bandage) · de Wundschnellverband (adhesive bandage) · tl koritas (adhesive bandage) · ka სალბუნი (adhesive bandage) · ga plástar (adhesive bandage) · id hansaplas (adhesive bandage) · sc cerotu (adhesive bandage) · hu kötszer (adhesive bandage) · fr pansement (adhesive bandage) · ar ضِمَادَة (adhesive bandage) · vi băng cá nhân (adhesive bandage) · pl improwizacja (temporary or makeshift solution) · oc pensament (adhesive bandage) · sh фла̏стер (adhesive bandage) · be пла́стыр (adhesive bandage) · uk пла́стир (adhesive bandage) · hu sebtapasz (adhesive bandage) · he פְּלַסְטֶר (adhesive bandage) · bg цитопласт (adhesive bandage) · bi banded (adhesive bandage) · vi băng keo cá nhân (adhesive bandage) · sk leukoplast (adhesive bandage) · ko 밴드에이드 (adhesive bandage) · nl pleister (adhesive bandage) · bg лейкопласт (adhesive bandage) · es esparadrapo (adhesive bandage) · el λευκοπλάστης (adhesive bandage) · af pleister (adhesive bandage) · nb plaster (adhesive bandage) · afb لزاق (adhesive bandage) · ro plasture (adhesive bandage) · cs náplast (adhesive bandage) · hu szükségmegoldás (temporary or makeshift solution) · cs leukoplast (adhesive bandage) · de Wundpflaster (adhesive bandage) · cmn OK繃 /OK绷 (adhesive bandage) · cmn 創可貼 /创可贴 (adhesive bandage) · es paños calientes (temporary or makeshift solution) · tr yara bandı (adhesive bandage) · de Notlösung (temporary or makeshift solution) · hu gyorstapasz (adhesive bandage) · hu ragtapasz (adhesive bandage) · uk лейкопла́стир (adhesive bandage) · cmn 邦迪 (adhesive bandage) · ru запла́тка (temporary or makeshift solution) · es tirita (adhesive bandage) · lt pleistras (adhesive bandage) · izh plaasteri (adhesive bandage) · mi tāpi (adhesive bandage) · de Übergangslösung (temporary or makeshift solution) · da plaster (adhesive bandage) · et plaaster (adhesive bandage) · de Heftpflaster (adhesive bandage) · de Pflaster (adhesive bandage) · sh flȁster (adhesive bandage) · gl banda (adhesive bandage) · es leuco (adhesive bandage) · es apósito (adhesive bandage) · sv plåster (temporary or makeshift solution) · ru косты́ль (temporary or makeshift solution) · hy սպեղանի (adhesive bandage) · sc tzerotu (adhesive bandage) · fi laastari (adhesive bandage) · ar لاصِق طِبِّي (adhesive bandage) · ja バンドエイド (adhesive bandage) · eo bandaĝo (adhesive bandage) · bg кръпка (temporary or makeshift solution) · is plástur (adhesive bandage) · nrf empliâtre (adhesive bandage) · ja 絆創膏 (adhesive bandage) · da hæfteplaster (adhesive bandage) · de Leukoplast (adhesive bandage) · pl plaster (adhesive bandage) · bg пласти́р (adhesive bandage) · be лейкапла́стыр (adhesive bandage) · ko 반창고 (adhesive bandage) · eo sparadrapo (adhesive bandage) · afb بلاستر (adhesive bandage) · ca apòsit (adhesive bandage) · pt band-aid (adhesive bandage) · fi paikkaus (temporary or makeshift solution) · it cerotto (adhesive bandage) · fr sparadrap (adhesive bandage) · es venda adhesiva (adhesive bandage) · es curita (adhesive bandage) · ru пла́стырь (adhesive bandage) · pl przylepiec (adhesive bandage) · de Behelfslösung (temporary or makeshift solution) · ga greimlín (adhesive bandage) · de Behelf (temporary or makeshift solution) · sl obliž (adhesive bandage) · id plester (adhesive bandage)

wikipedia: Band-Aid

band-aid en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbændeɪd/ (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To apply an adhesive bandage.
    • As a school nurse, Pat was used to band-aiding lots of scraped knees and elbows.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.
    • Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message.
    • This is where the addictions theorists and therapists fail (perhaps for lack of nerve): they never strongly suggest that their critique should become the basis for concerted, collective therapy as well as individual therapy. They can't. To do so would mean risking their own dependency upon the system and upon the rewards they receive for band-aiding it. 1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 19:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bandaid alternative lexicographic
band-aiding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
band-aids Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
band-aided Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
band-aided Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (16)

bg облепя (to apply an adhesive bandage) · pl improwizować (to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig) · pl przyklejać plaster (to apply an adhesive bandage) · hu összetákol (to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig) · bg облепям (to apply an adhesive bandage) · mi tāpi (to apply an adhesive bandage) · pl zaimprowizować (to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig) · no plastre (to apply an adhesive bandage) · bg закърпвам (to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig) · nl pleister plakken (to apply an adhesive bandage) · bg облепвам (to apply an adhesive bandage) · pl przykleić plaster (to apply an adhesive bandage) · ru залата́ть (to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig) · ru пофи́ксить (to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig) · fi laastaroida (to apply an adhesive bandage) · bg закърпя (to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig)

wikipedia: Band-Aid