kahunas
/kəˈhunəz/
noun
- Important or powerful people; big shots.
- In the world of fashion, she was one of the biggest kahunas.
- The company's kahunas decided to move the headquarters to a new city.
- All the local kahunas showed up at the charity gala.
- In surfing culture, a term for a person who is highly skilled or respected, often a big-wave surfer.
- He earned the title of kahuna after surviving the biggest swell of the season.
- The old kahuna rode the massive wave with perfect balance.
- Young surfers looked up to the kahuna who had been riding these breaks for decades.