SQUAD

team, squad

(noun) a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

squad

(noun) a smallest army unit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

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.

(cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.

(informal) A collective noun for a group of squid.

(slang) One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps.

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

squad

(UK, dialect) Sloppy mud. [from the mid-17th c.]

Anagrams

• quads

Source: Wiktionary


Squad, n. Etym: [F. escouade, fr. Sp. escuadra, or It. squadra, (assumed) LL. exquadrare to square; L. ex + quadra a square. See Square.]

1. (Mil.)

Definition: A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.

2. Hence, any small party.

Squad, n.

Definition: Sloppy mud. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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