Definition of: squad

(skwod) noun
1. A small group of persons organized for the performance of a specific function; a small detachment of troops or police; specifically, the smallest tactical unit in the infantry of the U. S. Army.
2. Hence, a team: a football squad.
—v.t. squad·ded, squad·ding
1. To form into a squad or squads.
2. To assign to a squad. [<F escouade <OF esquadre a square <Ital. squadra <L quattuor four]