How to pronounce “docking”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of dock
• (transitive verb) Culinary term for pricking many small holes into doughs and pastry.
• [Noun]
• The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
• (nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
• (astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
• (sexuality, slang, vulgar) The male homosexual sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
• (molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.

Practice Nearby Words

mooring, dropping anchor, tying up, matting, tie-down, ganging, pinch, egd, core, attach, hitch, stowing, hold-down, mount, hanger, attachment, pier, harbour, wharf, stowage, berth, port, berthage, seating, coupler, berthing, bilge, rigging, bracing, mounting, linkage, mating, connect, coupling, engagement, pair, attached, companion, base, connection, basis, tie-in, withdrawal, fixing, connections, baseline, retaining, background, retainer, reception, retention, matching, receiving, receipt, basic, calling, sign-on, logon, login, attaching, connecting, quai, securing, stevedoring, undocking, decaudation, detruncation, curtailing, snipping, recision, declawing, cropping, abscission, denibbing, snip, cutter-off, deshedding, unhooking, obtruncation, unsheathing, detethering, disattachment, detackification, curtailment, decurtation, axotomy, excision, topping, skinning, detuning, depilation, shedding, culling, clipping, disbudding, benimming, abscision, unwigging, unhairing, pruning

Similar Sounds

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