high-muck-a-mucks

noun

variants or high-muckety-mucks
plural of high-muck-a-muck
as in heavyweights
one of high position or importance within a group failed to pass muster with the country club's high-muck-a-mucks

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  1. heavyweights
  2. bigs
  3. heavies
  4. wheels
  5. big guns
  6. big shots
  7. magnates
  8. heavy hitters
Noun
  • Lawrence clocked early on that Williams had the chops to hold her own against heavyweights like Harrison Ford.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • There is no denying Kosmera aims to challenge hypercar heavyweights like Rimac and Koenigsegg, as well as its main domestic rival, BYD.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of heavyweights
Noun
  • As for other options to add rim-protecting bigs, Hassan Whiteside is available for a Heat reunion.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That gives Okot more opportunities to develop alongside the second unit with Naz Hillmon while learning to play alongside both veteran bigs.
    — Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of bigs
Noun
  • In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure.
    — Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
  • However, on season 2 of Twin Peaks, the actress played Miss Jones, the right-hand woman for one of the series' heavies, Thomas Eckhardt (the late David Warner).
    — Drew Mackie, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of heavies
Noun
  • Bikes for teens Teens often crave more independence on two wheels, whether for school commutes or longer weekend rides.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • This example is finished in Whitest White over a red and white leather interior and rides on a set of BBS Forged Graphite wheels.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of wheels
Noun
  • After England have raised a glass comes a three-match one-day international series this week when India will welcome back big guns including captain Shubman Gill and legends Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • The Minnesota Wild’s big guns showed up in a big way Saturday night, and the Avs looked wobbly for the first time in this tournament in a 5-1 loss in Game 3 at Grand Casino Arena.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
Definition of big guns
Noun
  • The big deals have been made, the big shots have come and gone.
    — David Szondy July 23, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
  • Yet the mental horizons of Maucci and his associates were wider and more mobile than those of the big shots, small-time lawyers, and clerics who’d remained to vegetate in their old Lunigiana.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Definition of big shots
Noun
  • The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.
    — Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Newspapers fell into the hands of magnates who advanced their own interests.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of magnates
Noun
  • Founded in London in 1993, White Cube burst onto the US scene in 2023 with its New York flagship at 1002 Madison Avenue (a stone’s throw from the headquarters of heavy hitters such as Gagosian and Acquavella).
    — News Desk, Artforum, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Other heavy hitters include New York, Washington, and Massachusetts with four each, and Virginia with three.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of heavy hitters
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