high muck-a-muck
(also high muckety-muck)
noun North American informal
A person in a position of authority, especially one who is overbearing or conceited: a high muck-a-muck at the CIA...
- He also was the son of a high muck-a-muck in the Nixon administration so he could have had info to pass on before he got his job in the White House.
- I'm lunching with Josh Jones, one of the high muck-a-mucks of Dreamhost, the company that hosts this website on its massive servers.
Origin
Mid 19th century: perhaps from Chinook hiyu 'plenty' + muckamuck 'food', from Nootka ḥayo 'ten' + ma˙ho˙maq- 'choice wheatmeal', with high substituted for hiyu.
- contrary to
- contrast
- contrastingly
- contrastive
- contrast medium
- contrasty
- contra-suggestible
- contrate wheel
- contravene
- contravener
- contravention
- contrecoup
- contredanse
- contre-jour
- contretemps
- contribute
- contribution
- contributive
- contributor
- contributory
- contributory negligence
- con trick
- contrite
- contritely
- contriteness