English
maverick
see also: Maverick
Pronunciation
  • (RP) enPR: măvʹər-ĭk, IPA: /ˈmævəɹɪk/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈmævəɹik/
Adjective

maverick

  1. Of cattle: unbranded.
  2. show#Verb|Showing independence in thought#Noun|thoughts or actions.
    He made a maverick decision.  She is such a maverick person.
Translations Translations Noun

maverick (plural mavericks)

  1. An unbranded range#Noun|range animal. [from 1860s]
  2. (by extension) Anything dishonestly obtained.
  3. (by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rule#Noun|rules. [from 1880s]
    Synonyms: heteroclite, individualist, lone gunman, nonconformist, rebel, Thesaurus:maverick
  4. (by extension) One who creates or use#Verb|uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practice#Noun|practices.
  5. (military) A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted#Adjective|enlisted person.
  6. (poker slang) A queen#Noun|queen and a jack#Noun|jack as a starting#Adjective|starting hand#Noun|hand in Texas hold 'em.
Translations
  • German: mutterloses Kalb (orphan calf), Tier ohne Brandzeichen (unbranded animal)
  • Italian: brado
  • Russian: неклеймёный телёнок
  • Spanish: cimarrón
Translations Translations Verb

maverick (mavericks, present participle mavericking; past and past participle mavericked)

  1. (US) To take an unbranded#Adjective|unbranded range#Noun|range animal.
  2. (by extension) To seize without a legal claim#Noun|claim.
Maverick
Proper noun
  1. Surname
  2. Any of several individual secondary school and sports team mascot, most of which are in the United States.
Noun

maverick (plural mavericks)

  1. A member of one of the sports teams with a mascot called Maverick.
  2. Someone who attends, or has attended in the past, one of these schools, especially one involved in the sports teams.


This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004
Offline English dictionary