crew vs squad

crew

verb
  • To be a member of a work or production crew 

  • To do the proper work of a sailor 

  • To supply workers or sailors for a crew 

  • To take on, recruit (new) crew 

  • To be a member of a vessel's crew 

noun
  • The sport of competitive rowing. 

  • A rowing team manning a single shell. 

  • A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs 

  • A close group of friends. 

  • A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft. 

  • A group of Rovers. 

  • A member of the crew of a vessel or plant. 

  • The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast. 

  • A member of a ship's company who is not an officer. 

  • A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker. 

  • A hip-hop or b-boying group. 

  • The Manx shearwater. 

  • A group of people working together on a task. 

  • A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast. 

squad

verb
  • To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. 

noun
  • Sloppy mud. 

  • One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. 

  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. 

  • A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen. 

  • A collective noun for a group of squid. 

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