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Etymology 1

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FromFrenchescouade, fromItaliansquadra(“square”) (whence alsoFrenchescadre).Doublet ofsquadra andsquare.

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squad (pluralsquads)

  1. Agroup of peopleorganized for somecommon purpose, usually of about ten members.
    1. A unit oftacticalmilitarypersonnel, or ofpolice officers, usually of about ten members.
      • 1912,The New England magazine, volume47:
        Asquad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
    2. (cricket, soccer, rugby) Agroup ofpotentialplayers from whom a startingteam andsubstitutes are chosen.
    3. (informal)A collective noun for a group ofsquid.
      • 1970,TV Guide, volume18:
        At one point, the 400-ton Calypso was brought to a standstill by asquad of squid which clogged the engines and caused a power failure. Other, highlights included an attack by predatory blue sharks,[…]
      • 2002, Let's Go Inc.,Let's Go 2003: Britain & Ireland, Let's Go Publications:
        The Sea Life Centre retains asquad of squid and such.
      • 2012, S. Louis King,Gnome Home Papers, AuthorHouse,→ISBN, page546:
        There's several new symbols next to the doorway symbol. Beso pushed all six of them without waiting to see what they brought; like a herd of charging rhinos or rampagingsquad of squid. Next best thing though.
      • 2017, Kristen Joy Wilks,Athens Ambuscade, Pelican Ventures Book Group,→ISBN:
        I pulled in as deep a breath as my gag allowed and began relaxing my body. I used a little trick I'd learned in college. I imagined that a friendlysquad of squid were massaging every muscle on the bottoms of my feet; the tension began to drain.
  2. (firefighting)Short forsquad truck.
  3. (slang) One'sfriend group, taken collectively; one'speeps.
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Translations
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small group of people organized for a purpose
unit of tactical military personnel or police officers
sports team
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Verb

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squad (third-person singular simple presentsquads,present participlesquadding,simple past and past participlesquadded)

  1. (intransitive) To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad.
    Wesquad on the fifth of the month.
  2. (transitive, US, medicalslang) To transport by ambulance.

Etymology 2

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

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squad

  1. (UK, dialect)Sloppymud.[from mid-17th c.]
    • 1875 March 13,Leicester Chronicle, quoted in theEDD:
      The lass ran all among the muck and squad.
    • 1895, Alfred Tennyson,The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson: Poet-laureate, page791:
      An' she did n't not solidly mean I wur / gawin' that waäy to the bad,
      Fur the gell was as howry a trollope as / iver traäpes'd i' the squad.

Further reading

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

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squad m (pluralsquadsorsquad)

  1. squad
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