squad

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English

Etymology 1

From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square.

Alternative forms

• escouade (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskwɒd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskwɑd/
• Rhymes: -ɒd

Noun

squad (plural squads)

1. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
   1. A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
   2. (cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
   3. (informal) A collective noun for a group of squid.
2. (firefighting) Short for squad truck.
3. (slang) One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps.

Derived terms

Related terms

• squadron

Translations

See also

• Appendix:English collective nouns

Verb

squad (third-person singular simple present squads, present participle squadding, simple past and past participle squadded)

1. (intransitive) To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad.

   We squad on the fifth of the month.

2. (transitive, US, medical slang) To transport by ambulance.

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Compare squick (“disgust”), squalid (“dirty”) with similar initial sounds.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskwæd/

Noun

squad

1. (UK, dialect) Sloppy mud. [from mid-17th c.]
   • 1875 March 13, Leicester Chronicle, quoted in the EDD:

     The lass ran all among the muck and squad.

Further reading

• Robert Eden George Cole, A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire (1886), page 140

Anagrams

• quads

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkwad/ [esˈkwað̞]
• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

squad m (plural squads or squad)

1. squad