squad
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French escouade.
Alternative forms
- escouade (archaic)
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒd
Noun
squad (plural squads)
- A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
- A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
- 1912, in The New England magazine, volume 47:
- A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
- 1912, in The New England magazine, volume 47:
- (cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
- (slang) One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
people organized
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unit of tactical military personnel or police officers
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sports team
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See also
Verb
squad (third-person singular simple present squads, present participle squadding, simple past and past participle squadded)
- (intransitive) To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad.
- We squad on the fifth of the month.
Etymology 2
mid 17th century: shortening of French escouade, variant of escadre, from Italian squadra (“square”)
Noun
squad
- (UK, dialect) Sloppy mud.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)
Anagrams
Spanish
Noun
squad m (plural squads or squad)
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