What does squad mean?

Definitions for squad
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. squadnoun

    a smallest army unit

  2. team, squadnoun

    a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

  3. police squad, squadnoun

    a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime

Wiktionary

  1. squadnoun

    A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.

  2. squadnoun

    A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.

  3. squadnoun

    A team, usually of about ten members.

  4. squadnoun

    A group of potential players from whom a team and twelfth man are chosen.

Wikipedia

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Squadnoun

    a small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes

  2. Squadnoun

    hence, any small party

  3. Squadnoun

    sloppy mud

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

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. squad

    A diminutive of squadron. Also, a small party of soldiers assembled for drill or inspection.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. 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.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'squad' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3719

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'squad' in Nouns Frequency: #1430

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of squad in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of squad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of squad in a Sentence

  1. Shelene Etchison:

    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.

  2. Chung Han-sool:

    There are 48 ambassadors living in the neighborhood, so there is a whole separate squad of police officers in the area.

  3. Former England midfielder:

    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?

  4. Mark Levin:

    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.

  5. Jenny Cudd:

    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.

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