high-muck-a-muck
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- noun
- /haɪ ˈmʌk ə ˌmʌk/
- Offensive
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- He strutted into the meeting like some kind of high-muck-a-muck expecting everyone to listen to him.
Examples
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After the merger, all the high-muck-a-mucks got corner offices on the top floor.
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The party was filled with high-muck-a-mucks from various industries, each trying to outdo the others.
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What a high-muck-a-muck he is!
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Don't be such a high-muck-a-muck!
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At the meeting, she acted like a real high-muck-a-muck, dismissing everyone's ideas.
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He always talks about his connections, but in reality, he's just a high-muck-a-muck with no real influence.
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The high-muck-a-muck of the company entered the room, expecting everyone to stand in awe of him.
Synonyms
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A person who talks too much and brags about themselves
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A person with an important job in an organization
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An important, powerful person who is usually wealthy
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An important person with power in business or politics
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A person who thinks they are more important than other people
A joking name for a person who has great power in a group
A person who has an important job that people mention as a joke
A person who acts very important but is not
A young man from a rich family who brags and shows off
A person who is too proud and thinks they know more than others
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word high-muck-a-muck likely comes from an old Pacific Northwest phrase muckamuck, which meant 'important person' or 'chief', and people added high to make it 'very' important. That's why today high-muck-a-muck is a joking way to call someone who behaves like a big, self-important person.