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pecking order

peck or·der
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pek awr-der]
    • /pɛk ˈɔr dər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pek awr-der]
    • /pɛk ˈɔr dər/

Definitions of pecking order words

  • noun pecking order Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status. 1
  • noun pecking order a sequence or hierarchy of authority in an organization or social group. 1
  • noun pecking order hierarchy 1
  • countable noun pecking order The pecking order of a group is the way that the positions people have are arranged according to their status or power within the group. 0
  • noun pecking order a natural hierarchy in a group of gregarious birds, such as domestic fowl 0
  • noun pecking order any hierarchical order, as among people in a particular group 0
See all 8 definitions of pecking order

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Origin of pecking order

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Pecking order

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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pecking order popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for pecking order

noun pecking order

  • arrangement — Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
  • bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
  • calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • catenation — the act or process of catenating.
  • chain of command — the various individual officers, ranks etc that constitute a hierarchy each level receiving orders from the one above it and passing on the orders to the one below
All 17 Synonyms of pecking order

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