maverick
IPA: mˈævɝɪk
noun
- An unbranded range animal.
- (by extension) Anything dishonestly obtained.
- (by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules.
- (by extension) One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices.
- (military) A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person.
- (poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- A surname.
- A male given name.
- Any of several individual secondary school and sports team mascots, most of which are in the United States.
- A member of one of the sports teams with a mascot called Maverick.
- Someone who attends, or has attended in the past, one of these schools, especially one involved in the sports teams.
verb
- (US) To take an unbranded range animal.
- (by extension) To seize without a legal claim.
adjective
- (of cattle) Unbranded.
- Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
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Examples of "maverick" in Sentences
- The scientist is a maverick.
- Smokers tend to be mavericks.
- Riven is the maverick of the group.
- By the standards of the day, he was a maverick.
- Mavericks are interested in being creative and innovative.
- Rick was the maverick son of corporate swindler, Guy Latimer.
- The Mavericks won the game in overtime by the score of 105 104.
- We are able to better quantitatively measure maverick tendencies.
- Hugo took on the role of a maverick and got little done in the senate.
- For 18 years, my opponent has gotten away with saying he's a maverick.
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