squadding

Variant of squad

squad definition

squad (skwäd)

noun

    1. a small group of soldiers assembled for inspection, duty, etc.
    2. the smallest military tactical unit, often a subdivision of a platoon
  2. ☆
    1. any small group of people working together a police squad
    2. an athletic team a football squad

Etymology: Fr escouade < Sp escuadra or It squadra, a square, both < VL *exquadrare, to form into a square: see square,

transitive verb squadded squad′·ded, squadding squad′·ding

  1. to form into squads
  2. to assign to a squad

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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