Noun: squad
| Singular | squad |
| Plural | squads |
Sample Sentences
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He assembled a squad of ten to take on the assassin.
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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:]
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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:]
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The Sea Life Centre retains a squad of squid and such. [2002, Let's Go Inc., Let's Go 2003: Britain & Ireland, Let's Go Publications:]
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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 rampaging squad of squid. Next best thing though. [2012, S. Louis King, Gnome Home Papers, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 546:]
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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 friendly squad of squid were massaging every muscle on the bottoms of my feet; the tension began to drain. [2017, Kristen Joy Wilks, Athens Ambuscade, Pelican Ventures Book Group, →ISBN:]
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anyway, sheʼs resigned herself to hanging out with the squad at uni rather than going manhunting [2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 52:]
Nouns inflected like squad
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr
3. Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr
4. Latin quattuor
5. ▲
6. Latin quadrus
7. Latin quadrōbf.?
8. Latin quadrus
9. Vulgar Latin *exquadrō
10. Italian squadraredeverb.
11. Italian squadra
12. French escouadebor.
13. English squad
14. From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square. See: French Nouns '
escouade', Italian Nouns '
squadra', French Nouns '
escadre'.