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docker¹

  • /ˈdɑkɚ/ US

noun dockers

  1. One who performs docking, as of tails.
  2. One who engages in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant).

docker²

  • /ˈdɑkɚ/ US

noun dockers

  1. Synonym of dockworker.

    Similar: dockworker

Docker³

  • /ˈdɑkɚ/ US

Where it comes from

Probably from Old Norse dǫkk (“hollow”) + erg (“hill-pasture”).

proper noun Dockers

  1. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district and Westmorland (OS grid ref SD5695).
  2. A hamlet in Whittington parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5774).
  3. A small town in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia.
  4. An English habitational surname from Old Norse.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dockhand, stevedore, longshoreman, lumper, loader, dock-walloper, dock worker, dock, stardock, doggerman, dogs, dolphin, seadog, dodman, tailblock, longtail

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noun one who performs docking

中文斷尾者 /断尾者 duànwěi zhě
Русскийдо́кер dóker, порто́вый гру́зчик portóvyj grúzčik

noun one who engages in the sexual practice of docking

中文對接者 /对接者 duìjiē zhě

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docker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/docker

Chicago

"docker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/docker.

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@misc{docker_2026,
  title = {docker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/docker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}