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docking en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English docking From dock + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of dock
    form of dock

docking en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English dockyng. By surface analysis, dock + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
  4. (countable, slang, uncountable) A sex act where two partners are co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
    • From their discussions, the participants mentioned informational and stimulating variations. For touching, one could always use feather dusters, a massage, a tongue in the ear, spooning and sucking toes (known in New York City as "shrimping). There's also "docking" for foreskinned men who can creatively stroke appendages. 1986 December 14, E. G. Martin, “Hot & Healthy: A Second Coming Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 7:
  5. (countable, qualifier:molecular biology, uncountable) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The pricking of many small holes into doughs and pastry.

Forms

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Antonyms

undocking (securing a vessel, connecting a spaceship)

Coordinates

berthing (securing a vessel, connecting a spaceship)

Deriveds

space docking · cross-docking · autodocking · docking station · nondocking · redocking · docking port

Translations (38)

fi telakoituminen (sex act) · fi kiinnittyminen (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · da sammenkobling (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · fr amarrage (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · fi telakoituminen (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · it aggancio (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · ca amarrament (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · fi kiinnittäminen (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · fi telakointi ((molecular biology)) · it approdo (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · de Docking (sex act) · da kupering (process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal) · it attracco (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · pl dokowanie (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · ca amarrada (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · cmn 對接 /对接 (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · pl kopiowanie (process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal) · ru стыко́вка (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · it ormeggio (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · da studsning (process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal) · nn dokking (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · nl docking (sex act) · de Docking (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · da dokning (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · it caudotomia (process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal) · pt acoplamento (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · it taglio della coda (process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal) · it aggancio molecolare ((molecular biology)) · fi typistäminen (process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal) · fr amarrage (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · uk купірування (process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal) · ja ドッキング (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · fi telakointi (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · fr caudectomie (process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal) · nb dokking (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · it attracco (process of connecting one spacecraft to another) · ca amarrament (securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables) · ja ドッキング (sex act)