muckety-muck
1muckety 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 …
2muckety-muck — muck·ety muck …
3muckety-muck — also muck a muck or mucky muck noun Etymology: short for high muck a muck Date: 1912 an important and often arrogant person …
4muckety-muck — noun see muckamuck III …
5high muckety-muck — ☆ high muckety muck [muk′ə tē muk΄ ] n. Slang HIGH MUCK A MUCK * * * …
6high muckety-muck — ☆ high muckety muck [muk′ə tē muk΄ ] n. Slang HIGH MUCK A MUCK …
7high 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),… …
8muck-a-muck — or muckamuck [muk′ə muk΄] n. HIGH MUCK A MUCK: also muckety muck …
9muck-a-muck — (n.) (self )important person, 1912, from Chinook jargon, lit. to eat; food. Also mucky muck; muckety muck …
10high-muckety-muck — noun see high muck a muck …
