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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024high-muck-a-muck (hī′muk′ə muk′, -muk′ə muk′),USA pronunciation n. - an important, influential, or high-ranking person, esp. one who is pompous or conceited.
Also, high-muck•y-muck (hī′muk′ē muk′, -muk′ē muk′),USA pronunciation high-muck•e•ty-muck (hī′muk′i tē muk′, -muk′i tē muk′).USA pronunciation Also called muck-a-muck. - Nootka ma·ḥo·ma(q-) part of whale meat between blubber and flesh
- Nootka ḥayo ten (the base of various measures with suffixes for specific countable nouns); mak(a)mak eat, food
- Chinook Jargon hayo makamak literally, plenty to eat, much food, perh. extended derisively to Indians of high status with much disposable wealth, as for potlatches; hayo
- 1855–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: high-muck-a-muck n - a conceited or haughty person
Etymology: 19th Century: from Chinook Jargon hiu muckamuck, literally: plenty (of) food |