Noun: band aid
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Hurried repair
"The duct tape solution was just a band aid for the leaking pipe";
- quick fix, quickie, quicky
- Trademark for an adhesive bandage with a gauze pad used to cover minor wounds
"He put a Band Aid on his paper cut"
Derived forms: band aids, Band Aids
Type of: adhesive bandage, fix, fixing, mend, mending, repair, reparation [archaic]
Encyclopedia: Band aid
Band Aid