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kahuna
[ kuh-hoo-nuh ]
noun
- (in Hawaii) a Native medicine man or priest.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of kahuna1
Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1885–90
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Example Sentences
Of course, L.A.’s the big kahuna now.
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"Given the interest of the majority of states in pursuing this issue, we think it's only appropriate that the big kahuna, the federal government, take action as well."
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In New York City in 1999, Jesse says he was working on “The Big Kahuna,†which Spacey starred in and produced.
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But the big kahuna of consumer deflation is electronics.
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Roy Lichtenstein’s “Drowning Girl†— lent by the Museum of Modern Art and picturing a blue-haired woman vanishing beneath silvery waves — is facing, embarrassing to say, a replica of Hokusai’s big kahuna made from blue and white Lego blocks.
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