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maverick
/ˈmævəɹɪk/
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What does maverick mean?
adjective
- Unbranded.
- Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
noun
- An unbranded range animal.
More meanings (12)
noun
- Anything dishonestly obtained.
- One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules.
- One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices.
- A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person.
- (slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold ’em.
- 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
- To take an unbranded range animal.
- To seize without a legal claim.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A male given name.
- Any of several individual secondary school and sports team mascots, most of which are in the United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmævəɹɪk/
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The Pacer shuddered as the hot iron seared his flesh, but it was quickly done, and the famous Mustang Stallion was a maverick no more.
If a calf remains unbranded until after it is weaned and quits its mother, it becomes a maverick and is liable to be lost to its owner.