docking
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
docking
- present participle and gerund of dock
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English dockyng, equivalent to dock + -ing.
Noun[edit]
docking (plural dockings)
- 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) The 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.
Antonyms[edit]
securing a vessel, connecting a spaceship
Coordinate terms[edit]
securing a vessel, connecting a spaceship
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal
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securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables
process of connecting one spacecraft to another
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sex act
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(molecular biology)
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