maverick
Plural: mavericks
Noun
- An independent-minded person; an unbranded animal.
- someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
- an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it
- An unbranded range animal.
- 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.
- A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
Adjective Satellite
- independent in behavior or thought
- "maverick politicians"
Adj
- Unbranded.
- Showing independence in thoughts or actions.
Verb
- To take an unbranded range animal.
- To seize without a legal claim.
Examples
- Among historians he was a maverick because of his belief that history is meaningless.
- He made a maverick decision. She is such a maverick person.
- His maverick play, using a Q without a U, stunned his Scrabble opponent.
Origin / Etymology
Named after Texan lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. For probable origin and meaning, see Maverick.
The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em”) may be from the theme song of the US Western television series Maverick (1957–1962), which says of the eponymous protagonist that “[g]amblin’ is his game” and that he is “livin’ on jacks and queens”.
Synonyms
irregular, rebel, unorthodox, eccentric, free spirit, heteroclite, individualist, lone gunman, maverick, misfit, nonconformist, offbeat
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 19
maverick: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmaverick: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
maverick: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary