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also muck-a-muck
or mucky-muck
as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
the obituary mentioned that he was a muckety-muck in several service clubs
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Recent Examples of muckety-muck
This after the high muckety-mucks of the party (folks named Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, James Carville and others) executed a backroom coup against President Joe Biden that undid the clear mandate of millions of Democratic primary voters.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024
Four years earlier, movie muckety-mucks had collected here to found the academy, and here, as legend tells it, MGM’s art director, Cedric Gibbons, sketched out the Oscar statuette on a linen hotel napkin.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024
Four years earlier, movie muckety-mucks had collected here to found the academy, and here, as legend tells it, MGM’s art director, Cedric Gibbons, sketched out the Oscar statuette on a linen hotel napkin.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muckety-muck
Noun
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While the decision was ridiculous, neither of them is going to strike fear in the hearts of the top heavyweights.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Fans also witnessed a matchup between South Shore teams that needed triple overtime to be decided, as Patriot League heavyweight Duxbury emerged victorious on the road against a very talented Abington squad (a 52-44 final).—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His daughter, philanthropist Mitzi Perdue, widow of the late poultry magnate Frank Perdue, is among the heirs selling the 104-acre spread for $15 million, co-listed with Compass agents Sean Bakhtiari and Colby Coppage.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
16 Sep. 2025
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The American Century that publishing magnate Henry Luce famously described in 1941 has to all intents and purposes come to an end.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Previously home to a long-standing restaurant called Andiamo, the space had a dark, wood-heavy aesthetic.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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That something special largely comes from a heavy, spitting topspin forehand that dovetails with an aggressive backhand slice — the result of Tjen growing up idolizing three-time Grand Slam champion Ash Barty.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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As the fashion types begin to migrate to New York for the start of fashion week, the C-suite bigwigs were leaning in on Wall Street, courting investors at Goldman Sachs’ annual retail conference.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Any corporate bigwig who doesn’t donate generously to Trump’s presidential library — or to Republican campaigns — may soon be a former corporate bigwig.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The day will end with a state banquet, during which both the king and president will make speeches.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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Nearby lies a king-sized bed, which is the only sleeping area.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Letting the lion off leash In the screenplay, written by Tipping, Zack Akers, and Skip Bronkie, Withers' Cameron Cade is the golden boy of college football.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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To modern sky-watchers the Sickle outlines the majestic head and mane of a great westward-facing lion.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, a baron’s daughter falls deeply in love with a clergyman, defiantly forgoing societal expectations to experience true love.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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Ransom Eli Olds was one of the most influential auto barons of his time, credited with being the first to design an assembly line for vehicle manfacturing.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The most notorious, in 1978, saw the late queen hide behind a bush in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to avoid Nicolae Ceaușescu, having already removed anything that the Romanian dictator could steal from his room following a warning from Giscard d'Estaing, the then French president.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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The promo references the famous —or, sometimes, infamous — farewells that contestants leave, penned in lipstick, on the vanity mirrors where queens do their makeup.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
17 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Muckety-muck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muckety-muck. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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