muckety mucks
muckety mucks is the plural of muckety muck.
Meaning of muckety muck
Noun
muckety muck (plural muckety mucks)
- A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status.
- Consequently, there have been times when the muckety-mucks at Merriam-Webster have requested that we all mark every third or fifth word in at least one source just to fill our files with words that would not usually catch our eye.2017, Kory Stamper, Word By Word, Vintage, published 2018, page 88
- Synonyms:
- baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig
Questions about muckety mucks
- What is muckety mucks the plural of?
- Muckety mucks is the plural of muckety muck.
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