muckety muck
See also: muckety-muck
English
Etymology
Either a variant of the short form of high muckamuck, muckamuck, or a shortening of high muckety-muck.[1] See the entry muckamuck.
Noun
muckety muck (plural muckety mucks)
- (idiomatic, irreverent) Alternative form of muckamuck: a person in a position of power, authority, or status.
- There were a bunch of muckety-mucks in town for the board meeting.
Translations
muckamuck — see muckamuck
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:big cheese
- big cheese
- big enchilada
- big kahuna
- bigwig
- big wheel
- grand poobah
- head honcho
- kingpin
- top banana
- top dog
References
- ↑ 2003, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, high-muckety-muck.
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