See pecking order on Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "societal structure",
"word": "equality"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Hackordnung"
},
"expansion": "Calque of German Hackordnung",
"name": "calque"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Calque of German Hackordnung.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pecking orders",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "pecking order"
},
"expansion": "pecking order (plural pecking orders)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Zoology",
"orig": "en:Zoology",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds."
],
"id": "en-pecking_order-en-noun-yqJM-ew6",
"links": [
[
"zoology",
"zoology"
],
[
"natural",
"natural"
],
[
"hierarchy",
"hierarchy"
],
[
"social status",
"social status"
],
[
"dominance",
"dominance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(zoology) The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 65",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 64",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "34 66",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 75",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 69",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "30 70",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 69",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "30 70",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 68",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 71",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 71",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate, 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."
],
"id": "en-pecking_order-en-noun-yJEqfZWl",
"links": [
[
"informal",
"informal"
],
[
"hierarchy",
"hierarchy"
],
[
"authority",
"authority"
],
[
"command",
"command"
],
[
"partial",
"partial"
],
[
"approximate",
"approximate"
],
[
"propensity",
"propensity"
],
[
"domination",
"domination"
],
[
"sibling",
"sibling"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hakkeorden"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pikorde"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "nokkimisjärjestys"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hackordnung"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hackabstand"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "goggunarröð"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "porządek dziobania"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neoficiálʹnaja ijerárxija",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "неофициа́льная иера́рхия"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "složívšijsja porjádok podčinénija",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сложи́вшийся поря́док подчине́ния"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "ru",
"english": "birds",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porjádok klevánija",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поря́док клева́ния"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hackordning"
}
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"sense": "societal structure",
"word": "hierarchy"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pecking order"
],
"word": "pecking order"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "societal structure",
"word": "equality"
}
],
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms calqued from German",
"English terms derived from German",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Hackordnung"
},
"expansion": "Calque of German Hackordnung",
"name": "calque"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Calque of German Hackordnung.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pecking orders",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "pecking order"
},
"expansion": "pecking order (plural pecking orders)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Zoology"
],
"glosses": [
"The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds."
],
"links": [
[
"zoology",
"zoology"
],
[
"natural",
"natural"
],
[
"hierarchy",
"hierarchy"
],
[
"social status",
"social status"
],
[
"dominance",
"dominance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(zoology) The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate, 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."
],
"links": [
[
"informal",
"informal"
],
[
"hierarchy",
"hierarchy"
],
[
"authority",
"authority"
],
[
"command",
"command"
],
[
"partial",
"partial"
],
[
"approximate",
"approximate"
],
[
"propensity",
"propensity"
],
[
"domination",
"domination"
],
[
"sibling",
"sibling"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "societal structure",
"word": "hierarchy"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hakkeorden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pikorde"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "nokkimisjärjestys"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hackordnung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hackabstand"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "goggunarröð"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "porządek dziobania"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neoficiálʹnaja ijerárxija",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "неофициа́льная иера́рхия"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "složívšijsja porjádok podčinénija",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сложи́вшийся поря́док подчине́ния"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "birds",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porjádok klevánija",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "поря́док клева́ния"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hackordning"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"pecking order"
],
"word": "pecking order"
}
Download raw JSONL data for pecking order meaning in All languages combined (4.4kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.