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big kahuna
[ big kuh-hoo-nuh ]
noun
, Slang.
- the most important or dominant person or thing: Their scholarship program is the industry’s big kahuna.
He’s the big kahuna of a large travel agency.
Their scholarship program is the industry’s big kahuna.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of big kahuna1
First recorded in 1955–60; big 1( def ), kahuna ( def )
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Example Sentences
Big Kahuna Burger is a fictional chain of Hawaiian-themed fast food burger joints out in Los Angeles dreamed up by Tarantino.
From The Daily Beast
That Tarantino never opened a real-life Big Kahuna Burger out in L.A. seems like a huge missed opportunity.
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Which brings us to The Expendables 3—the big kahuna of boarding.
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NBCC president John Freeman made the introduction: “And now to announce the big kahuna…” The crowd hissed.
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