squad

Everyday

1. A squad is a small group of people who work or train together, especially a sports team or a group of soldiers or police. tree →
2. A squad is the full group of players a coach can choose a team from. tree →
3. (slang) Your squad is your group of close friends: «me and my squad». tree →

In the lessons

In PE and sport, the school football squad trains together and the coach picks the team from the squad. In news and police stories: «the bomb squad», «the drugs squad», «a firing squad». In slang, «squad goals» means a friend group to admire. Phrases: «the school squad», «make the squad», «squad training», «bomb squad», «flying squad».

Examples

• I made the netball squad this year! tree →
• The coach named an eighteen-player squad for the final. tree →
• Squad training is on Tuesday after school. tree →
• The bomb squad made the old shell safe. tree →
• A squad of soldiers marched past. tree →
• Me and my squad are going to the park. tree →
• The whole squad cheered when Amira scored. tree →

Note

Countable: «a squad, two squads». In British English a squad can take a plural verb: «the squad are training». A squad is usually bigger than a team on the pitch: the team is the players who actually play. Slang sense is informal.