muckety muck

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status. US,colloquial
    — 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.

词形变化

muckety mucks plural muckety-muck alternative muckity-muck alternative

词源

Either a variant of muckamuck (the short form of high muckamuck), or a shortening of high muckety-muck. See the entry muckamuck.
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