big kahuna
/ˌbɪɡ kəˈhuːnə/(also big kahoona)
noun
1In Hawaii: a prominent priest, sage, or healer. Compare kahuna. rare.
2 Surfing. (A name for) a particularly skilled or respected surfer.
3A person or thing of great importance or power.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Leprosy in Hawaii. From big + kahuna.
- well-pressed
- well-primed
- well-principled
- well-printed
- well-prized
- well-produced
- well-proportionated
- well proportioned
- well-proved
- well-proven
- well-provendered
- well-provided
- well-provided-for
- well-publicized
- well qualified
- well-quartered
- well-raised
- well-ranged
- well read
- well-reared
- well-reasoned
- well-received
- well-recorded
- well-reeve
- well-refined