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muckety-muck

noun muck·ety-muck \ ˈmə-kə-tē-ˌmək \
variants: or less commonly muck-a-muck play \ˈmə-kə-ˌmək\ or mucky-muck play \ˈmə-kē-\

Definition of muckety-muck

:an important and often arrogant person

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Origin and Etymology of muckety-muck

short for high-muck-a-muck

muckety-muck Synonyms

Synonyms
big, big boy, big cheese, bigfoot, biggie, big gun, big leaguer, big-timer, big wheel, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kahuna, kingfish, kingpin, major leaguer, muckety-muck (also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck), nabob, nawab, nibs, nob [chiefly British], pooh-bah (also poo-bah), wheel
Antonyms
lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch
Related Words
baron, czar (also tsar or tzar), king, lion, magnate, mogul, prince, tycoon; VIP
Near Antonyms
inferior, subordinate, underling; mediocrity, obscurity

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