squad

== English == === Etymology 1 === From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square. ==== Alternative forms ==== escouade (archaic) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskwɒd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskwɑd/ Rhymes: -ɒd ==== Noun ==== squad (plural squads) A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members. A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. (cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen. (informal) A collective noun for a group of squid. (firefighting) Ellipsis of squad truck. (slang) One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Descendants ==== → Malay: skuad ==== Related terms ==== squadron ==== See also ==== Appendix:English collective nouns ==== Verb ==== squad (third-person singular simple present squads, present participle squadding, simple past and past participle squadded) (intransitive) To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. We squad on the fifth of the month. (transitive, US, medical slang) To transport by ambulance. === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. Compare squick (“disgust”), squalid (“dirty”) with similar initial sounds. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈskwæd/ ==== Noun ==== squad (UK, dialect) Sloppy mud. [from mid-17th c.] 1875 March 13, Leicester Chronicle, quoted in the EDD: The lass ran all among the muck and squad. === Further reading === Robert Eden George Cole, A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire (1886), page 140 === Anagrams === quads == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈkwad/ [esˈkwað̞] Rhymes: -ad === Noun === squad m (plural squads or squad) squad