muckety muck
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muckety muck
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Either a variant of muckamuck (the short form of high muckamuck), or a shortening of high muckety-muck. See the entry muckamuck.
noun muckety mucks · muckety-muck · muckity-muck
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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.
Similar: baron, big cheese, big enchilada, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel, boss
Talk about this word "muckety muck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/muckety%20muck. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. muckety muck. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/muckety%20muck "muckety muck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/muckety%20muck.Cite this
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