band-aid
/ˈbændeɪd/
Dictionary
noun
- 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.
- A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.
verb
- To apply an adhesive bandage.
"As a school nurse, Pat was used to bandaiding 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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