əˈmʌk, -ˈmʌk noun
an important, influential, or high-ranking person, especially one who is pompous or conceited.
Also, high-muck·y-muck 
[hahy-muhk-ee-muhk, -muhk-ee-muhk] , high-muck·e·ty-muck [hahy-muhk-i-tee-muhk, -muhk-i-tee-muhk] .
[hahy-muhk-ee-muhk, -muhk-ee-muhk] , high-muck·e·ty-muck [hahy-muhk-i-tee-muhk, -muhk-i-tee-muhk] .Also called muck-a-muck.
Origin:
1855–60; < Chinook Jargon hayo makamak literally, plenty to eat, much food, perhaps extended derisively to Indians of high status with much disposable wealth, as for potlatches; hayo < Nootka ḥayo ten (the base of various measures with suffixes for specific countable nouns); mak(a)mak eat, food < Nootka ma·ḥo·ma(q-) part of whale meat between blubber and flesh
1855–60; < Chinook Jargon hayo makamak literally, plenty to eat, much food, perhaps extended derisively to Indians of high status with much disposable wealth, as for potlatches; hayo < Nootka ḥayo ten (the base of various measures with suffixes for specific countable nouns); mak(a)mak eat, food < Nootka ma·ḥo·ma(q-) part of whale meat between blubber and flesh
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| high-muck-a-muck | |
| —n | |
| a conceited or haughty person | |
| [C19: from Chinook Jargon hiu muckamuck, literally: plenty (of) food] | |
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