high-muck-a-muck

noun

ˌhī-ˈmə-ki-ˌmək How to pronounce high-muck-a-muck (audio)
variants or high-muckety-muck
Definition of high-muck-a-mucknext
as in heavy
one of high position or importance within a group failed to pass muster with the country club's high-muck-a-mucks

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  1. heavy
  2. big
  3. lion
  4. nawab
  5. wheel
  6. king
Noun
  • Gladiator 2 has Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal as Colosseum-adjacent heavies.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
  • With this year's costumes trend predicted to be extra pop-culture heavy, some obvious duo costumes, like Deadpool and Wolverine, come to mind.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
Definition of heavy
Noun
  • To further quantity the significance of this, OKC’s only other true big who has played rotational minutes at the NBA level is Jaylin Williams, who is also currently injured and missed the entire preseason.
    Nick Crain, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Dieng has the height at 6-foot-11 but lacks the strength and physicality to compete with more traditional bigs.
    Nick Crain, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of big
Noun
  • The average success rate for lion hunters is around just 19 percent, according to CPW.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Upstairs, past a pair of imperial guardian lions, the collection begins — a mishmash of statues, Chinese ink paintings, European landscapes, and modern art.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of lion
Noun
  • The Oudh descendants in Kolkata, where the nawab died in exile, had also rejected their claim.
    Ellen Barry, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2019
  • In 1757, the East India Company commander Robert Clive defeated Bengal’s local ruler, or nawab, in battle and consolidated the company’s power in the province.
    Maya Jasanoff, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2019
Definition of nawab
Noun
  • More than three times as many New Yorkers were murdered last year as died under the wheels.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Garnish with the lemon wheel and pomegranate seeds.
    Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of wheel
Noun
  • Photo: Compass This co-op is a true one-bedroom that fits a king bed and has an actually usable dining room-slash-office area off of the kitchen (which isn’t huge but has a good amount of counter space).
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The king restricted himself to constitutional duties for a period of time, scrapping public visits in the early part of the year following his diagnosis in February.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of king
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