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also muck-a-muck
or mucky-muck
as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muckety-muck
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The result dashed hopes of a team touted as dark horses who could make a long run in the tournament by beating traditional soccer heavyweights such as Brazil.
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Cape Verde earned a shocking draw with heavyweight Spain at Atlanta Stadium.
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Geoffrey Lechantoux is responsible for the French-seafood-heavy menu.
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Most standard blends are nitrogen-heavy, which encourages leaf growth instead of fruit.
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Like Stewart, Ejiofor has the kind of strength to deal with being an undersized big.
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So Bauer heads back to Mexico City, continuing a journey that has taken him everywhere except the bigs.
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French and Ukrainian media reported that a Ukrainian magnate and his family were those injured.
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Jolie balked at the term and struck a $64 million deal with the billionaire alcohol magnate, Yuri Shefler.
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Naturally, Bravo’s bigwigs and Cohen were pretty peeved to see gossip sites scooping them on their own reunion.
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Immediately afterwards, international dance music bigwigs such as Carl Cox, Martin Garrix, David Guetta, and Peggy Gou took over the sound system to get everyone on the dance floor.
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“Muckety-muck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muckety-muck. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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