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big kahuna

n. (context idiomatic English) A boss, leader, chieftain, or top-ranking person in an organization.

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Big Kahuna

Big Kahuna may refer to:

  • The Big Kahuna (film)
  • Big Kahuna Burger, a fictional company invented by Quentin Tarantino for film scripts
  • The Big Kahuna Rams, a Canadian Junior Football team
  • The Big Kahunas Mexican-British band. Genre: Surf, Punk, Power Trio
  • Several games by Reflexive Entertainment:
    • Big Kahuna Reef, a puzzle game
    • Big Kahuna Reef 2, sequel to the puzzle game
    • Big Kahuna Words, a boggle-style puzzle game
    • Big Kahuna Party, a WiiWare game
  • Big Kahuna, a water slide at the Darien Lake Theme Park Resort
  • Big Kahuna, a wave pool at Noah's Ark Waterpark
  • Big Kahuna's, a waterpark in Destin, FL
  • Brian Ching (b. 1978), American soccer player
  • Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968), Hawaiian swimmer, actor and businessman
  • Jon Miller (b. 1951), American baseball announcer
  • Roby Yonge (1943-1997), American radio disc jockey (eastern U.S.)
Big Kahuna (series)

Big Kahuna is a series of puzzle video games created by Reflexive Entertainment. Four games have been released in the series: Big Kahuna Reef, a tile-matching game, in 2004 for the PC; Big Kahuna Words, a boggle-style puzzle game released in 2005 for PC and 2008 for iOS; Big Kahuna Reef 2, a three in a row matchmaking game released in 2006 for PC; and Big Kahuna Party, a WiiWare tile-based party game released in 2008. All of the games in the series feature a Hawaiian theme, with oceans, exotic fish, and tiki heads.

Usage examples of "big kahuna".

Anxious to get going, but hungry, John scarfed a Big Kahuna burger on the way, ambling into Clarence Jester's pawnshop a few minutes later.

Now we know the doohickey is for real, the big Kahuna who created it is alive and kicking, and the gang that has them and the daughter is both multinational and multiethnic.

In her case, there was a steady buildup of sexual tension in her body that threatened to explode eventually into the Big Kahuna of all waves of excitement.

You dont really believe you have a personal relationship with the big kahuna, do you?

Wentworth came to see me the next day -- he was the Big Kahuna --and he did apologize.

I call upon the master of magik, the big kahuna himself, commander of demons, conjuror deluxe, king of wizards and wizard to kingsbring us the Great Skeeve!