muckamuck
Meanings
Plural: muckamucks
Noun
- A person in a position of power or authority, or of high status.
- Food.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Chinook Jargon muckamuck (“food”). In the sense "person of authority", it is short for "high muckamuck", from Chinook Jargon hayo muckamuck (“plenty to eat, plenty of food; to eat”). See muckety muck. The ultimate source of the word is unclear; it is possible it was invented in Chinook Jargon rather than taken into the jargon from another language.
Synonyms
baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, big wheel, bigwig, boss, grand poobah, head honcho, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high muckamuck, high muckety-muck, king of all one surveys, king of the castle, king of the hill, kingpin, macher, mayor, muckamuck, muckety muck, mugwump, numero uno, poobah, rooster, somebody, top banana, top cat, top dog, top gun, very important person, VIP, wheel
Scrabble Score: 25
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