HIGH-MUCK-A-MUCK Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

high-muck-a-muck

noun

ˌhī-ˈmə-ki-ˌmək

variants or high-muckety-muck

Definition of high-muck-a-muck

as in heavy

one of high position or importance within a group failed to pass muster with the country club's high-muck-a-mucks

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Noun

These days her Halloween costumes are often elaborate and prosthetic-heavy.

— Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
That also suggests the league accepts, or at least tolerates, the flag-heavy officiating that has come to define the early months of the season.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, and other tech heavyweights have collaborated to sketch a new electrical architecture for them, with a different kind of transformer facing the grid, and a small industry has formed to build it.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
He’s held mitts for world champions, for Olympic heavyweights, and for too many professionals to count in 30-something years of boxing.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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French jewelry maison Boucheron was founded in 1858 and built a legacy of adorning royals, stars and magnates in jewelry that combines precious, rare gems with equally ingenious designs.

— Tanya Dukes, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
His short stint on social media wasn't the only personal detail the AI magnate offered in the interview, but one gets the sense that these days, Affleck doesn't have that much to reveal.

— Roberta Mercuri, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026

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