maverick in English dictionary

  • maverick

    Meanings and definitions of "maverick"

    • Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
    • An unbranded range animal.
    • One who does not abide by rules.
    • One who creates or uses unconventional and/or controversial ideas or practices.
    • (poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em
    • adjective
      Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
    • noun
      An unbranded range animal.
    • noun
      One who does not abide by rules.
    • noun
      One who creates or uses unconventional and/or controversial ideas or practices.
    • noun
      (poker slang)
      A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em
    • noun
      a person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person.
    • verb
      (US)
      To take an unbranded range animal.
    • showing independence
    • unbranded range animal
    • one who does not abide by rules
    • adjective
      independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"
    • noun
      an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it
    • noun
      someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

    Synonyms of "maverick" in English dictionary

    nonconformist, rebel, recusant are the top synonyms of "maverick" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of maverick

    • maverick ( plural  mavericks)
    • maverick ( comparative more maverick, superlative most maverick)
    • maverick (comparative more maverick, superlative most maverick)
    • maverick (plural mavericks)
    • maverick (third-person singular simple present mavericks, present participle mavericking, simple past and past participle mavericked)
  • Maverick

    Meanings and definitions of "maverick"

    • noun
      A member of one of the sports teams with a mascot called Maverick.
    • noun
      Someone who attends, or has attended in the past, one of these schools, especially one involved in the sports teams.
    • proper
      A surname.
    • proper
      Any of several individual secondary school and sports team mascots, most of which are in the United States.

    Grammar and declension of maverick

    • Maverick (plural Mavericks)

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