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docking¹

Rhymes with -ɒkɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of dock

docking²

Rhymes with -ɒkɪŋ

Where it comes from

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

noun dockings

  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 creati
  5. countable, 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.

Opposite: undocking

Docking³

Where it comes from

From Old English docce (“dock, a weedy plant”) + -ing.

proper noun Dockings · Dockins

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF765370).
  2. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mooring, dropping anchor, tying up, matting, tie-down, ganging, pinch, egd, core, attach, hitch, stowing, hold-down, mount, hanger, attachment

noun

Opposite: undocking

Translations

Every language

noun process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal

Françaiscaudectomie
Italianocaudotomia, taglio della coda

noun securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables

Françaisamarrage
Italianoormeggio, attracco, approdo

noun process of connecting one spacecraft to another

日本語ドッキング dokkingu
中文對接 /对接 duìjiē
Portuguêsacoplamento
Françaisamarrage
DeutschDocking
Italianoaggancio, attracco
Русскийстыко́вка stykóvka

noun sex act

日本語ドッキング
DeutschDocking

noun (molecular biology)

Italianoaggancio molecolare

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

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@misc{docking_2026,
  title = {docking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/docking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}