squad

IPA: skwˈɑd

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.
(slang) One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps.
(UK, dialect) Sloppy mud.
(US politics) An informal group of left-wing Democrats in the House of Representatives.

Examples of "squad" in Sentences

Maybe it did, but this squad is a legitimate contender in the East.
= _A sentry squad_ is a squad posted in observation at an indicated point.
I'm putting a team into an Edinburgh Summer league and the squad is a bit on the thin side.
Whereas the title squad's unselfish play some times led to passing to a fault, the current crew lean toward faulty passing.
The driving force for the current squad is Shanavia Dowdell, two-time WAC player of the year and this year's tournament MVP.
The Chick-fil-A Bowl, to be played Dec. 31 at 7: 30 p.m. in Atlanta, pits an ACC team against a squad from the Southeastern Conference.
The first few chapters, which describe a stakeout in which Gunvald Larsson of the homicide squad is reluctantly involved, are brilliant.
Not everyone in the squad is the same age, he says, perhaps thinking of Kevin Davies, who has just received his first England call-up at the age of 33.
After a particularly harrowing battle where the squad is able to overcome a Nazi ambush Zab is asked about what happened and can barely remember the event.
Based on the data in the two previous categories, how many minutes/matches/days/weeks would it take for United to score against RSL at Rio Tinto Stadium, where the home squad is 11-0-4 and has allowed seven goals?