Definition of "band-aid" in English

Noun

1. 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. A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Verb

1. To apply an adhesive bandage.

   • As a school nurse, Pat was used to band-aiding 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.