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muckety muck

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
muck-ety -muck
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status.

American usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

Etymology

Either a variant of muckamuck (the short form of high muckamuck), or a shortening of high muckety-muck. See the entry muckamuck.

Usage

Inflected Forms

muckety mucks (plural) muckety-muck (alternative) muckity-muck (alternative)

Synonyms

baron big cheese big enchilada big gun big kahuna big man big name big noise big shot bigwig big wheel boss

Questions

What does muckety muck mean?
A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status.
Where does muckety muck come from?
Either a variant of muckamuck (the short form of high muckamuck), or a shortening of high muckety-muck. See the entry muckamuck.

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