high-muck-a-muck

noun

ˌhī-ˈmə-ki-ˌmək 

variants or high-muckety-muck

ˌhī-ˈmə-kə-tē-ˌmək 

: muckety-muck

Synonyms

• big
• big boy
• big cheese
• big gun
• big leaguer
• big shot
• big wheel
• big-timer
• bigfoot
• biggie
• bigwig
• fat cat
• heavy
• heavy hitter
• heavyweight
• honcho
• kahuna
• kingfish
• kingpin
• major leaguer
• muckety-muck
• muck-a-muck
• mucky-muck
• nabob
• nawab
• nibs
• nob [chiefly British]
• pooh-bah
• poo-bah
• wheel

Examples of high-muck-a-muck in a Sentence

failed to pass muster with the country club's high-muck-a-mucks

Word History

Etymology

by folk etymology from Chinook Jargon hayo makamak plenty to eat

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above