"squad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskwɒd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskwɑd/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-squad.ogg [Australia] Forms: squads [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒd Etymology: From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|escouade}} French escouade, {{der|en|it|squadra||square}} Italian squadra (“square”), {{cog|fr|escadre}} French escadre, {{dbt|en|squadra|square}} Doublet of squadra and square Head templates: {{en-noun}} squad (plural squads)
  1. 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.
    Categories (topical): People Translations (unit of tactical military personnel or police officers): ⁧فِرْقَة⁩ (firqa) [feminine] (Arabic), ⁧جَمَاعَة⁩ (jamāʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), ջոկատ (ǰokat) (Armenian), ջոկ (ǰok) (Armenian), атра́д (atrád) [masculine] (Belarusian), кама́нда (kamánda) [feminine] (Belarusian), аддзяле́нне (addzjaljénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), отря́д (otrjád) [masculine] (Bulgarian), отделе́ние (otdelénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 戰隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 战队 (zhànduì) (Chinese Mandarin), (bān) (Chinese Mandarin), eskadrono (Esperanto), jagu (Estonian), ryhmä (Finnish), escadron [masculine] (French), Gruppe [feminine] (German), ομάδα (omáda) (Greek), ενωμοτία (enomotía) [feminine] (Greek), ουλαμός (oulamós) [masculine] (Greek), osztag (Hungarian), egység (Hungarian), csapat (Hungarian), különítmény (Hungarian), szakasz (Hungarian), csoport (Hungarian), raj (Hungarian), esquado (Ido), 戦隊 (sentai) (alt: せんたい) (Japanese), 分隊 (buntai) (alt: ぶんたい) (Japanese), ក្រុម (krom) (Khmer), 전대 (jeondae) (alt: 戰隊) (Korean), 분대 (bundae) (alt: 分隊) (Korean), lag [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tropp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lag [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⁧جوخه⁩ (juxe) (Persian), szwadron [masculine] (Polish), oddział [masculine] (Polish), esquadrão [masculine] (Portuguese), отря́д (otrjád) [masculine] (Russian), кома́нда (kománda) [feminine] (Russian), отделе́ние (otdelénije) [neuter] (Russian), escuadrón [masculine] (Spanish), trupp [common-gender] (Swedish), загі́н (zahín) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кома́нда (kománda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), відді́лення (viddílennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-squad-en-noun-hEFPweAI Disambiguation of People: 23 28 23 18 5 0 3 Disambiguation of 'unit of tactical military personnel or police officers': 92 3 3 1
  2. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
    (cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
    Categories (topical): Cricket, Football (soccer), Rugby, People Translations (sports team): кама́нда (kamánda) [feminine] (Belarusian), отбо́р (otbór) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Kader [masculine] (German), ομάδα (omáda) [feminine] (Greek), keret (Hungarian), csapat (Hungarian), skuat (Indonesian), squadra [feminine] (Italian), drużyna [feminine] (Polish), ekipa [feminine] (Polish), кома́нда (kománda) [feminine] (Russian), plantilla [feminine] (Spanish), escuadra [feminine] (Spanish), conjunto [masculine] (Spanish), cuadro [masculine] (Spanish), trupp [common-gender] (Swedish), lag [neuter] (Swedish), кома́нда (kománda) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-squad-en-noun-PegL14zE Disambiguation of People: 23 28 23 18 5 0 3 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'sports team': 9 75 11 5
  3. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
    (informal) A collective noun for a group of squid.
    Tags: informal Categories (topical): Collectives, People
    Sense id: en-squad-en-noun-TG73X3eZ Disambiguation of Collectives: 27 27 35 6 2 1 2 Disambiguation of People: 23 28 23 18 5 0 3
  4. (slang) One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-squad-en-noun-XR6idjGm Disambiguation of People: 23 28 23 18 5 0 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: escouade [archaic] Related terms: squadron Translations (small group of people organized for a purpose): ջոկատ (ǰokat) (Armenian), гру́па (hrúpa) [feminine] (Belarusian), кама́нда (kamánda) (Belarusian), брыга́да (bryháda) [feminine] (Belarusian), брига́да (brigáda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кома́нда (kománda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), escouade [feminine] (French), Gruppe [feminine] (German), διμοιρία (dimoiría) [feminine] (Greek), csapat (Hungarian), brigád (Hungarian), esquado (Ido), lag [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tropp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ceată [feminine] (Romanian), echipă [feminine] (Romanian), гру́ппа (grúppa) [feminine] (Russian), кома́нда (kománda) [feminine] (Russian), брига́да (brigáda) [feminine] (Russian), escuadra [feminine] (Spanish), cuadrilla [feminine] (Spanish), escuadrón [masculine] (Spanish), trupp [common-gender] (Swedish), гру́па (hrúpa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), кома́нда (kománda) [feminine] (Ukrainian), брига́да (bryháda) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Noun

IPA: /ˈskwæd/
Etymology: Uncertain. Compare squick (“disgust”), squalid (“dirty”) with similar initial sounds. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|squick||disgust}} squick (“disgust”), {{m|en|squalid||dirty}} squalid (“dirty”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} squad
  1. (UK, dialect) Sloppy mud. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-squad-en-noun-WExGjmzc Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈskwɒd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskwɑd/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-squad.ogg [Australia] Forms: squads [present, singular, third-person], squadding [participle, present], squadded [participle, past], squadded [past]
Rhymes: -ɒd Etymology: From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|escouade}} French escouade, {{der|en|it|squadra||square}} Italian squadra (“square”), {{cog|fr|escadre}} French escadre, {{dbt|en|squadra|square}} Doublet of squadra and square Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} squad (third-person singular simple present squads, present participle squadding, simple past and past participle squadded)
  1. (intransitive) To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-squad-en-verb-vuksgtuR
  2. (transitive, US, medical slang) To transport by ambulance. Tags: US, transitive
    Sense id: en-squad-en-verb-8VS8umOt Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: escouade [archaic]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "班"
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "jagu"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "ryhmä"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
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          "word": "Gruppe"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "enomotía",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "osztag"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "egység"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "csapat"
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        {
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "különítmény"
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          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "csoport"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "raj"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "esquado"
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          "alt": "せんたい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sentai",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "戦隊"
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        {
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          "alt": "ぶんたい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "buntai",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "分隊"
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        {
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "krom",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "ក្រុម"
        },
        {
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          "alt": "戰隊",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jeondae",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "전대"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 3 1",
          "alt": "分隊",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bundae",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "분대"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 3 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 3 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tropp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 3 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 3 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "juxe",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "word": "⁧جوخه⁩"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szwadron"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oddział"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esquadrão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otrjád",
          "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "отря́д"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 3 3 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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        "archaic"
      ],
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    }
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}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
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        "3": "",
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    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "dirty"
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1875 March 13, Leicester Chronicle, quoted in the EDD",
          "text": "The lass ran all among the muck and squad."
        },
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          "ref": "1895, Alfred Tennyson, The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson: Poet-laureate, page 791",
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          "text": "An' she did n't not solidly mean I wur / gawin' that waäy to the bad,",
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        }
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        "Sloppy mud."
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          "mud"
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        "(UK, dialect) Sloppy mud."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskwæd/"
    }
  ],
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}
{
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    "en:People"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "awkward squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "bomb squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "cheer squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "circular firing squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "death squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "firing squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "flying squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "fraud squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "God squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "goon squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "hit squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "hold-up squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "mendicancy squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "pep squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "practice squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "red squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "rummage squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "snatch squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "split-squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "squad automatic weapon"
    },
    {
      "word": "squad bay"
    },
    {
      "word": "squad car"
    },
    {
      "word": "squaddie"
    },
    {
      "word": "squad goal"
    },
    {
      "word": "squad room"
    },
    {
      "word": "suicide squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "tac squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "taxi squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "touring squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "truth squad"
    },
    {
      "word": "vice squad"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "fr",
        "3": "escouade"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "it",
        "3": "squadra",
        "4": "",
        "5": "square"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "squadra",
        "3": "square"
      },
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      "form": "squads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "squadron"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1912, The New England magazine, volume 47",
          "text": "A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members."
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          "group"
        ],
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          "organized"
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          "common"
        ],
        [
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          "tactical"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "personnel",
          "personnel"
        ],
        [
          "police officer",
          "police officer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Cricket",
        "en:Football (soccer)",
        "en:Rugby"
      ],
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        "A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.",
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      ],
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        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "organized",
          "organized"
        ],
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          "common"
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          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "rugby",
          "rugby"
        ],
        [
          "potential",
          "potential"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ],
        [
          "substitutes",
          "substitute"
        ]
      ],
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        "A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.",
        "(cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen."
      ],
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        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "rugby",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1970, TV Guide, volume 18",
          "text": "At one point, the 400-ton Calypso was brought to a standstill by a squad of squid which clogged the engines and caused a power failure. Other, highlights included an attack by predatory blue sharks, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Let's Go Inc., Let's Go 2003: Britain & Ireland, Let's Go Publications",
          "text": "The Sea Life Centre retains a squad of squid and such.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, S. Louis King, Gnome Home Papers, AuthorHouse, page 546",
          "text": "There's several new symbols next to the doorway symbol. Beso pushed all six of them without waiting to see what they brought; like a herd of charging rhinos or rampaging squad of squid. Next best thing though.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Kristen Joy Wilks, Athens Ambuscade, Pelican Ventures Book Group",
          "text": "I pulled in as deep a breath as my gag allowed and began relaxing my body. I used a little trick I'd learned in college. I imagined that a friendly squad of squid were massaging every muscle on the bottoms of my feet; the tension began to drain.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.",
        "A collective noun for a group of squid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "organized",
          "organized"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "squid",
          "squid#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.",
        "(informal) A collective noun for a group of squid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 52",
          "text": "anyway, sheʼs resigned herself to hanging out with the squad at uni rather than going manhunting",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "peeps",
          "peeps"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskwɒd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskwɑd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒd"
    },
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    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "escouade"
    }
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ǰokat",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "word": "ջոկատ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hrúpa",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гру́па"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kamánda",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "word": "кама́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bryháda",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брыга́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "brigáda",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брига́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kománda",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кома́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escouade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gruppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dimoiría",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διμοιρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "word": "csapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "word": "brigád"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "word": "esquado"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tropp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ceată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "echipă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grúppa",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гру́ппа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kománda",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кома́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brigáda",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брига́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escuadra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuadrilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escuadrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trupp"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hrúpa",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гру́па"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kománda",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кома́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bryháda",
      "sense": "small group of people organized for a purpose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брига́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "firqa",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧فِرْقَة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jamāʕa",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧جَمَاعَة⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ǰokat",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "ջոկատ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ǰok",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "ջոկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "atrád",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "атра́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kamánda",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кама́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "addzjaljénnje",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "аддзяле́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otrjád",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отря́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otdelénie",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отделе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "戰隊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhànduì",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "战队"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bān",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "班"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "eskadrono"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "jagu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "ryhmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escadron"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gruppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "omáda",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "ομάδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enomotía",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ενωμοτία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oulamós",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ουλαμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "osztag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "egység"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "csapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "különítmény"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "szakasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "csoport"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "raj"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "esquado"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sentai",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "戦隊"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶんたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "buntai",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "分隊"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krom",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "ក្រុម"
    },
    {
      "alt": "戰隊",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeondae",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "전대"
    },
    {
      "alt": "分隊",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bundae",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "분대"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tropp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "juxe",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "word": "⁧جوخه⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szwadron"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oddział"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esquadrão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otrjád",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отря́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kománda",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кома́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdelénije",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отделе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escuadrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trupp"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zahín",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "загі́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kománda",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кома́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "viddílennja",
      "sense": "unit of tactical military personnel or police officers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "відді́лення"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kamánda",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кама́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otbór",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отбо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kader"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "omáda",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ομάδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "word": "keret"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "word": "csapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "word": "skuat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "squadra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drużyna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ekipa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kománda",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кома́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plantilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escuadra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conjunto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuadro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trupp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lag"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kománda",
      "sense": "sports team",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кома́нда"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squad"
}

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  "categories": [
    "en:Collectives",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "escouade"
      },
      "expansion": "French escouade",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "squadra",
        "4": "",
        "5": "square"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian squadra (“square”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "escadre"
      },
      "expansion": "French escadre",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "squadra",
        "3": "square"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of squadra and square",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "squads",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squadding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squadded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squadded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "squad (third-person singular simple present squads, present participle squadding, simple past and past participle squadded)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We squad on the fifth of the month."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English medical slang",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To transport by ambulance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medical",
          "medical"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "medical slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, US, medical slang) To transport by ambulance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskwɒd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskwɑd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-squad.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/En-au-squad.ogg/En-au-squad.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/En-au-squad.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "escouade"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squad"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Collectives",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "squick",
        "3": "",
        "4": "disgust"
      },
      "expansion": "squick (“disgust”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "squalid",
        "3": "",
        "4": "dirty"
      },
      "expansion": "squalid (“dirty”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Compare squick (“disgust”), squalid (“dirty”) with similar initial sounds.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "squad",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1875 March 13, Leicester Chronicle, quoted in the EDD",
          "text": "The lass ran all among the muck and squad."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1895, Alfred Tennyson, The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson: Poet-laureate, page 791",
          "roman": "Fur the gell was as howry a trollope as / iver traäpes'd i' the squad.",
          "text": "An' she did n't not solidly mean I wur / gawin' that waäy to the bad,",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sloppy mud."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sloppy",
          "sloppy"
        ],
        [
          "mud",
          "mud"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialect) Sloppy mud."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskwæd/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squad"
}

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