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      [Noun]  | "pecking order" 


      1: the basic pattern of social organization within a flock of poultry in which each bird pecks another lower in the scale without fear of retaliation and submits to pecking by one of higher rank; broadly : a dominance hierarchy in a group of social animals

      2: a social hierarchy


      Origin: 1927 ;

      [Noun]  | "pecking order" 


      1: the way in which people or things in a group or organization are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status;


        * e.g., " ... As an assistant manager, he was pretty low in the company's pecking order. "



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       [ "pecking order" ]

      1: Hierachy of recieving luxuries or necessities.

        * e.g.,  ... You are at the bottom of the pecking order. 

       [ "Pecking Order" ]

      1: What you need to understand before you can start Popo's training

        * e.g.,  ... Popo: Alright maggots listen up, Popo's bout to teach you the pecking order... It goes: you, the dirt, the worms inside of the dirt, Popo's stool, Kami, then Popo 

       [ "Pecking Order" ]

      1: The act of passing things you dont want to do to Andre!

        * e.g.,  ... Lee said you have to suit up and go in the acid area because your at the bottom of the pecking order. 

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