squads

Noun (1)

squad (plural squads)

1. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
   • He assembled a squad of ten to take on the assassin.
   1. A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
      • A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.1912, The New England magazine, volume 47
   2. A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
   3. (informal) A collective noun for a group of squid.
      • At one point, the 400-ton Calypso was brought to a standstill by a squad of squid which clogged the engines and caused a power failure. Other, highlights included an attack by predatory blue sharks, […]1970, TV Guide, volume 18
2. (slang) One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps.
   • anyway, sheʼs resigned herself to hanging out with the squad at uni rather than going manhunting2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 52

Noun (2)

squad

1. (UK, dialectal) Sloppy mud.
   • The lass ran all among the muck and squad.1875 March 13, Leicester Chronicle, quoted in the EDD

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