First Known Use: 1875
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kahuna
noun ka·hu·na \kə-ˈhü-nə\
Definition of KAHUNA
1
: a Hawaiian shaman
2
: a preeminent person or thing : big gun <the industry's big kahuna, with … 57 percent of the market — A. E. Serwer>
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Origin of KAHUNA
Hawaiian
Related to KAHUNA
- Synonyms
- big, big boy, big cheese, bigfoot, biggie, big gun, big leaguer, big-timer, big wheel, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, big shot, kingfish, kingpin, major leaguer, muckety-muck (also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck), nabob, nawab, nibs, nob [chiefly British], pooh-bah (also poo-bah), wheel
- Antonyms
- lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch
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