Definitions For Muckamuck

Noun

MUCKAMUCK. (countable and uncountable, plural MUCKAMUCKs) (countable, colloquial, sometimes, derogatory) A person in a position of power or authority, or of high status. (uncountable, US, dialectal, possibly, _, dated) food, food.

Synonyms

person in authority See thesaurus:important person.

Translations

person in a position of authority, big cheese

Alternative forms

muck-a-muck muckety muck, muckety-muck muckey-muck, mucky-muck

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, chn, muckamuck, , food}}. In the sense "person of authority", it is short for "high muckamuck", from {{cog, chn, , hayo muckamuck, t=plenty to eat, plenty of food}}. See muckety muck. The ultimate source of the word is unclear; it is possible it was invented in Chinook Jargon rather than taken into the jargon from another language.

Is Muckamuck a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
25
Words with Friends
31

The word Muckamuck is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends

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