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squad

noun
/ˈskwɒd/UK/ˈskwɑd/US/ˈskwæd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin quadrus Vulgar Latin *exquadrō Italian squadraredeverb. Italian squadra French escouadebor. English squad From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square.

  1. derived from squadra
  2. borrowed from escouade

Definitions

  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.

  2. Ellipsis of squad truck.

  3. One's friend group, taken collectively

    One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps.

    • anyway, sheʼs resigned herself to hanging out with the squad at uni rather than going manhunting
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad.

      • We squad on the fifth of the month.

    2. To transport by ambulance.

    3. Sloppy mud.

      • The lass ran all among the muck and squad.
      • 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.

    4. An informal group of left-wing Democrats in the House of Representatives.

    5. An informal military alliance between the United States, Japan, Australia, and the…

      An informal military alliance between the United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines, focused on Asian security matters.

    6. A grouping of the United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines.

The neighborhood

Derived

awkward squad, bomb squad, cheer squad, circular firing squad, death squad, firing squad, flying squad, fraud squad, Freud squad, God squad, goon squad, hit squad, hold-up squad, intersquad, intrasquad, mendicancy squad, pep squad, police squad, practice squad, red squad, rummage squad, snatch squad, split-squad, squad automatic weapon, squad bay, squad car, squadder, squaddie, squaddy, squad goal, squadmate, squadrol, squad room, suicide squad, tac squad, taxi squad, touring squad, truth squad, vice squad

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at squad. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at squad. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at squad

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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