Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small group of people organized in a common endeavor or activity.
- noun The smallest tactical unit of military personnel.
- noun A small unit of police officers.
- noun Sports An athletic team.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To draw up in a squad.
- noun Soft, slimy mud.
- noun In mining, loose ore of tin mixed with earth.
- noun Milit., any small number of men assembled, as for drill, inspection, or duty.
- noun Any small party or group of persons: as, a squad of navvies; a set of people in general: usually somewhat contemptuous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.
- noun Hence, any small party.
- noun Prov. Eng. Sloppy mud.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
group of peopleorganized for somecommon purpose, usually of about ten members. - noun A unit of
tactical military personnel , or ofpolice officers , usually of about ten members. - noun cricket, soccer, rugby A
group ofpotential players from whom a startingteam andsubstitutes are chosen. - noun UK, dialect
sloppy mud
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime
- noun a smallest army unit
- noun a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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= _A sentry squad_ is a squad posted in observation at an indicated point.
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Whereas the title squad's unselfish play some times led to passing to a fault, the current crew lean toward faulty passing.
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Not everyone in the squad is the same age, he says, perhaps thinking of Kevin Davies, who has just received his first England call-up at the age of 33.
Ashley Young still aiming to win his spurs with England Anna Kessel 2010
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I'm putting a team into an Edinburgh Summer league and the squad is a bit on the thin side.
The real reason for my blog.... Jeff 2007
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After a particularly harrowing battle where the squad is able to overcome a Nazi ambush Zab is asked about what happened and can barely remember the event.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2005
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Maybe it did, but this squad is a legitimate contender in the East.
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The driving force for the current squad is Shanavia Dowdell, two-time WAC player of the year and this year's tournament MVP.
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The Chick-fil-A Bowl, to be played Dec. 31 at 7: 30 p.m. in Atlanta, pits an ACC team against a squad from the Southeastern Conference.
Chick-fil-A Bowl representative to scout Terps vs. Wake Forest Matt Bonesteel 2010
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Based on the data in the two previous categories, how many minutes/matches/days/weeks would it take for United to score against RSL at Rio Tinto Stadium, where the home squad is 11-0-4 and has allowed seven goals?
MLS playoff scenarios, statistics, records Steve Goff 2010
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The first few chapters, which describe a stakeout in which Gunvald Larsson of the homicide squad is reluctantly involved, are brilliant.
Reading Maxine 2009
reesetee commented on the word squad
(verb) To have squidded.
March 14, 2008
yarb commented on the word squad
i.e. the preterite of the verb "to squid"?
Best definition ever.
March 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the word squad
Precisely. Otherwise known as simple-past or past-tense. :-)
March 14, 2008
john commented on the word squad
“Many of the men, and it’s still almost all men, remember the days when they stood several deep around the specialists, nudging, pushing, staying put for several straight hours, shouting ‘Squad!’ for pages to hustle handwritten notes to clerks on the wings, jockeying at the banks of phones now hanging from hooks like relics.�?
The New York Times, Financial Foot Soldiers, Feeling the Weight of the World , by Dan Barry, November 2, 2008
November 3, 2008