- muckety-muck
- also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck noun Etymology: short for high-muck-a-muck Date: 1912 an important and often arrogant person
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
muckety-muck
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muckety muck — noun A person in a position of power, authority, or status. There were a bunch of muckety mucks in town for the board meeting. Syn: big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, bigwig … Wiktionary
muckety-muck — muck·ety muck … English syllables
muckety-muck — noun see muckamuck III … Useful english dictionary
high muckety-muck — ☆ high muckety muck [muk′ə tē muk΄ ] n. Slang HIGH MUCK A MUCK * * * … Universalium
high muckety-muck — ☆ high muckety muck [muk′ə tē muk΄ ] n. Slang HIGH MUCK A MUCK … English World dictionary
high muckety-muck — high muckamuck also high muckety muck n. Informal ▸ An important, often overbearing person. ╂ [By folk etymology (influenced by HIGH(Cf. ↑high)) from Chinook Jargon hayo makamak, much food, plenty to eat, hayo, much (from Nootka ḥayo, ten),… … Word Histories
muck-a-muck — or muckamuck [muk′ə muk΄] n. HIGH MUCK A MUCK: also muckety muck … English World dictionary
muck-a-muck — (n.) (self )important person, 1912, from Chinook jargon, lit. to eat; food. Also mucky muck; muckety muck … Etymology dictionary
high-muckety-muck — noun see high muck a muck … New Collegiate Dictionary
high-muckety-muck — noun see high muck a muck … Useful english dictionary
