pecking order
nounEtymology
Calque of German Hackordnung.
- derived from Hackordnung
Definitions
The natural ranking of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
The usually informal hierarchy of authority, command, or social status, as determined by…
The usually informal hierarchy of authority, command, or social status, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings.
The neighborhood
- neighborexclusivity
- neighborsnobbery
- neighborsocial climbing
- neighborsocial ladder
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for pecking order. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA