Definitions for squad
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Squadnoun

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

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

2. Squadnoun

   hence, any small party

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

3. Squadnoun

   sloppy mud

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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. squad

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

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Matched Categories

1. • Army Unit
   • Team
   • Unit

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

Anagrams for squad »

1. quads

How to pronounce squad?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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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. Michelle Obama:

   One of the things I do worry about sometimes among progressives in the United States, maybe it's true here as well, is a certain kind of rigidity where we say,' Uh, I'm sorry, this is how it's going to be,' and then we start sometimes creating what's called a' circular firing squad,' where you start shooting at your allies because one of them is straying from purity on the issues.

2. Van Marwijk:

   Against France, in football we were at least equal with France, and with Denmark even better, and today I have the same feeling, but in all three of the games, we couldn't make a difference in goals. That's something this squad misses on this level.

3. Dusty Johnson:

   I think the path forward looks incredibly murky. I wouldn't even try to hazard a guess, what we know is that the ‘Squad,’ these folks are legislative terrorists, they love to take hostages.

4. The Germans:

   We have a lot of alternatives, that is the structure of our squad.

5. City manager:

   It’ll be good for the team, we have a gap there so the club will work hard at looking to get someone in, hopefully fairly soon the two boys (Vardy and Ndidi) will be back and it gives us a nice strong squad.

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