What does squad mean?
Definitions for squad
skwɒdsquad
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word squad.
Princeton's WordNet
squadnoun
a smallest army unit
team, squadnoun
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
police squad, squadnoun
a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime
Wiktionary
squadnoun
A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
squadnoun
A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
squadnoun
A team, usually of about ten members.
squadnoun
A group of potential players from whom a team and twelfth man are chosen.
Wikipedia
Squad
In military terminology, a squad is among the smallest of military organizations and is led by a non-commissioned officer. NATO and US doctrine define a squad as an organization "larger than a team, but smaller than a section." while US Army doctrine further defines a squad as a "small military unit typically containing two or more fire teams." In US usage, a squad consists of eight to fourteen soldiers, and may be further subdivided into fireteams.
ChatGPT
squad
A squad is a small group of people organized for a specific purpose or activity, often within a larger organization like a military or police force, sports team, or business. In military terms, it often refers to the smallest unit in an army, typically composed of around 8 to 12 soldiers.
Webster Dictionary
Squadnoun
a small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes
Squadnoun
hence, any small party
Squadnoun
sloppy mud
Etymology: [F. escouade, fr. Sp. escuadra, or It. squadra, (assumed) LL. exquadrare to square; L. ex + quadra a square. See Square.]
Wikidata
Squad
In military terminology, a squad is a small military unit led by a non-commissioned officer that is subordinate to an infantry platoon. In countries following the British Army tradition this organization is referred to as a section. In most armies a squad consists of eight to fourteen soldiers, and may be further subdivided into fireteams.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Squad
skwod, n. a small body of men assembled for drill, any small group or company of men.—n. Squad′ron, a body of cavalry, consisting of two troops, or 120 to 200 men: a body of soldiers drawn up in a square: any regularly ranked body, or a group: section of a fleet, commanded by a flag-officer.—p.adj. Squad′roned, formed into squadrons.—Awkward squad, a body of recruits not yet competent in drill, &c. [O. Fr. esquadre—It. squadra, and L. exquadrāre, to make square.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
squad
A diminutive of squadron. Also, a small party of soldiers assembled for drill or inspection.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
squad
A small portion of a company, troop, or battery, placed in the especial charge of an officer or non-commissioned officer for purposes of inspection and supervision. In the infantry it corresponds with a section. It also signifies a small number of men drilled together. The term awkward squad is applied to those soldiers who, on account of clumsiness or want of attention, are sent back to the lowest squad to be re-drilled.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'squad' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3719
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'squad' in Nouns Frequency: #1430
Anagrams for squad »
quads
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of squad in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of squad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of squad in a Sentence
There is a sudden loss of community, identity, purpose, you go from an organization where literally your squad leader or whoever's in charge of you, their job is to have personal accountability of you every day.
There are 48 ambassadors living in the neighborhood, so there is a whole separate squad of police officers in the area.
I don't see why we would be negative enough to just start going, 'Oh, I hope we get to the quarter-finals', this is not getting ahead of myself, just look at the talent in our squad and in the team and the way they're playing, and why should we write ourselves off?
They talk about the Squad. Thisis not a Squad, this is a cabal of Marxists whohate this country—some of them first, second-generation immigrants into the country, who bring their attitudes, who bring theirindoctrination into thecountry, and are at war, right there in the halls of Congress, against our owncountry.
All we need is one public hanging, and then people will start acting right -- kind of like it would be useful if we still had the firing squad for the death penalty, we shall see if there will be a public hanging in our future because it is still considered a valid form of death for treason.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
References
Translations for squad
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for squad »
Translation
Find a translation for the squad definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"squad." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Mar. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/squad>.
Discuss these squad definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In