muckety-muck

noun

ˈmə-kə-tē-ˌmək How to pronounce muckety-muck (audio)
variants also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck
Definition of muckety-mucknext
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 muckety-muck There’s your summary of the earnings call conducted by Braves muckety-mucks Wednesday. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 25 Feb. 2026 Four years earlier, movie muckety-mucks had collected here to found the academy, and here, as legend tells it, MGM’s art director, Cedric Gibbons, sketched out the Oscar statuette on a linen hotel napkin. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muckety-muck
  1. heavyweight
  2. heavy
  3. big
  4. magnate
  5. bigwig
Noun
  • Northrop Grumman faces stiff competition in the uncrewed fighter market from several defence industry heavyweights.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The New York Rangers remain an Eastern Conference heavyweight relying on their dominant foundation.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of heavyweight
Noun
  • This is not the most visually appealing app on the market as bet365 is typically more text-heavy anyway.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The tech-heavy Nasdaq led the major averages, rising 2% for the week, while the S & P 500 jumped 1%.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of heavy
Noun
  • Recruiting Cohen is a big to support Black Bear’s investment in a broad slate of independent films.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Polish superstar Robert Lewandowski joining the Chicago Fire has been a big to Woznik, who is just as likely to groove to the great romantic 19th century Polish composer Frederic Chopin.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of big
Noun
  • Oprah Winfrey is many things—a source of wisdom, a business magnate, and a style icon.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Kounalakis holds a master’s in business administration from UC Berkeley and is the daughter of Sacramento real estate magnate Angelo Tsakopolous.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of magnate
Noun
  • To the average investor, the bond markets may seem like a concern better left to Wall Street bigwigs.
    — Personal Finance, TheWeek, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The suit added a glamour factor for bigwig sponsors who would sometimes ride along.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of bigwig

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