Used in a Sentence

kahuna

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kahuna.

Editorial note

You are the co-founder, the big kahuna - not some engineer they hired along the way.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(surfing) A great surfer.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of kahuna gathered in one view.

noun

(surfing) A great surfer.

noun

(Hawaii) A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kahuna.

noun

(surfing) A great surfer.

noun

(Hawaii) A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.

Example sentences

1

You are the co-founder, the big kahuna - not some engineer they hired along the way.

2

We've gone from saturation bombing and dropping nukes as the big kahuna to being able to do point assassination strikes.

3

So this is all just a way of saying that empirically, the big kahuna theory of mathematical development seems more fiction than reality.

4

The big kahuna was the Minnesota Starvation Experiment.

5

I can only imagine the corporate decision process behind this disaster: some big kahuna pushing this idiocy with everybody else too scared/apathetic to oppose.

6

And especially I don't like the big kahuna doing it.

7

I get that the Colorado River is the big kahuna.

8

There's side effect benefit of big kahuna companies mainly on the significant breakthrough and game changing research output because these excellent researchers are paid handsome money compared to conventional universities or research institutions.

9

I suggested once hiring a math-kahuna just to optimize the geometry-stuff, but money was rather tight.

10

The big kahuna with the Mt Gox is whether 745,000 bitcoins have in fact gone missing, because whether that's true or not I suspect will change long-term institutional support for the coin.

11

As the final question of the interview the Circus owner, Mr Top, fires out the big kahuna:- Mr Top: Mr Remallo I have one final question for you.

12

A surfing AI would have no such limiters, and might do such catastrophic things as use its vast wealth to redirect the world's energy supplies to create the biggest Kahuna waves possible to max out its arbitrarily assigned SurfScore.

Quote examples

1

For google, my observation is the "big kahuna" benefit of google basically does not exist and competition needs to be restored.

2

The top level post about "big kahuna" companies comes across as an unambiguous defense of monopolies, not an attempt at nuanced conversation.

3

Say you get a "Big Kahuna Combo" at $4.95 from some joint.

4

If those people that setup the tsunami stones are still alive during the incident they will have a kahuna of "I told you" moment.

Proper noun examples

1

Put your money where your mouth is The rest will follow, even if you aren't the big 'Kahuna'.

2

If you wanna check out some nice cruising boards I've been loving my Kahuna, and they come at a really good price for what they are.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use kahuna in a sentence?

You are the co-founder, the big kahuna - not some engineer they hired along the way.

What does kahuna mean?

(surfing) A great surfer.

What part of speech is kahuna?

kahuna is commonly used as noun.