docker

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US/ˈdɑkɚ/

noun

One who performs docking, as of tails.

Similar
dockworkerstevedoreloaderdockhanddock workerdock-walloperlumper
OriginEnglish dock ← Middle English dok ← Old English *docce →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

docker1

noundocker (plural dockers)

plural 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

noundocker (plural dockers)

plural dockers

  1. Synonym of dockworker.

    Synonyms: dockworker

Docker3

proper nounDocker (plural Dockers)

plural 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of dockworker.

Similar
dockworker

More synonyms by meaning

nouna laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Similar
stevedoreloaderdockhanddock workerdockworkerdock-walloperlumper
Broader
laborermanual laborerlabourer
Also see
dockhanddockiedockworkerfreighterloaderlumperstevedore

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

docker · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*dukkǭ
  2. Proto-West Germanic*dokkā
  3. Old English*docce
  4. Middle Englishdok
  5. Englishdock
  6. Englishdocker

From dock (verb) + -er.

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docker · noun

  1. Middle Dutchdocke
  2. Dutchdok
  3. Englishdock
  4. Englishdocker

From dock (noun) + -er.

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Docker · proper noun

  1. Old Norsedǫkk“hollow”
  2. EnglishDocker

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 斷尾者 /断尾者, 對接者 /对接者
  • 斷尾者 /断尾者 (duànwěi zhě)one who performs docking
  • 對接者 /对接者 (duìjiē zhě)one who engages in the sexual practice of docking
Finnish trimmaaja, telakoituja
  • trimmaajaone who performs docking
  • telakoitujaone who engages in the sexual practice of docking
Polish łącznik, łączniczka
  • łącznikone who performs docking
  • łączniczkaone who performs docking
Russian до́кер, порто́вый гру́зчик
  • до́кер (dóker)one who performs docking
  • порто́вый гру́зчик (portóvyj grúzčik)one who performs docking

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

corkedredock
Cite this entry
APA

docker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docker

MLA

“docker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “docker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docker.

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