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单词 muckety-mucks
释义

muckety-muck

noun

muck·​ety-muck ˈmə-kə-tē-ˌmək How to pronounce muckety-muck (audio)
variants or less commonly muck-a-muck
ˈmə-kə-ˌmək How to pronounce muckety-muck (audio)
or mucky-muck
ˈmə-kē-ˌmək How to pronounce muckety-muck (audio)
: an important and often arrogant person

Synonyms

  • big
  • big boy
  • big cheese
  • big gun
  • big leaguer
  • big shot
  • big wheel
  • big-timer
  • bigfoot
  • biggie
  • bigwig
  • fat cat
  • heavy
  • heavy hitter
  • heavyweight
  • high-muck-a-muck
  • high-muckety-muck
  • honcho
  • kahuna
  • kingfish
  • kingpin
  • major leaguer
  • nabob
  • nawab
  • nibs
  • nob [chiefly British]
  • pooh-bah
  • poo-bah
  • wheel
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Word History

Etymology

short for high-muck-a-muck

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

muckety-mucks

noun

variants also muck-a-mucks or mucky-mucks
plural of muckety-muck
as in heavyweights
one of high position or importance within a group the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • heavyweights
  • bigwigs
  • magnates
  • high-muckety-mucks
  • kings
  • barons
  • heavies
  • lions
  • nabobs
  • pooh-bahs
  • wheels
  • poo-bahs
  • biggies
  • honchos
  • queens
  • princes
  • kahunas
  • heavy hitters
  • nawabs
  • high-muck-a-mucks
  • big guns
  • big shots
  • nobs
  • big boys
  • major leaguers
  • big wheels
  • big leaguers
  • VIPs
  • bigs
  • nibs
  • kingpins
  • princesses
  • kingfish
  • bigfoots
  • big-timers
  • bigfeet
  • czars
  • big cheeses
  • tycoons
  • moguls
  • fat cats
  • tzars
  • tsars

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lightweights
  • shrimp
  • subordinates
  • zeroes
  • underlings
  • nobodies
  • zeros
  • whippersnappers
  • nonentities
  • shrimps
  • inferiors
  • twerps
  • mediocrities
  • zilches
  • obscurities
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