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HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high-muck-a-muck mean? 

HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK (noun)
  The noun HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK has 1 sense:

1. an arrogant or conceited person of importanceplay

  Familiarity information: HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An arrogant or conceited person of importance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

high-muck-a-muck; pooh-bah

Hypernyms ("high-muck-a-muck" is a kind of...):

important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)


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