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: a preeminent person or thing : big gun
… the industry's big kahuna, with … 57 percent of the market …—
Andrew E. Serwer
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: a Hawaiian shaman
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a big kahuna at a Hollywood talent agency, he's got the fancy car to prove it
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The China tariff deal—not yet done—is the big kahuna in all of this.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
But EnCharge is entering a competitive field, and among the competitors is the big kahuna, Nvidia.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
This has to be a big kahuna, among records Swift could break that go back to the very beginning of the album chart.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 June 2024
The big kahuna, Photoshop itself, costs a minimum of $9.99 per month, but that subscription also includes Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and 20GB of cloud storage.
—PCMAG, 10 May 2024
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
But EnCharge is entering a competitive field, and among the competitors is the big kahuna, Nvidia.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
This has to be a big kahuna, among records Swift could break that go back to the very beginning of the album chart.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 June 2024
The big kahuna, Photoshop itself, costs a minimum of $9.99 per month, but that subscription also includes Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and 20GB of cloud storage.
—PCMAG, 10 May 2024
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“Kahuna.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kahuna. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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