Meanings
docking1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dock
docking2
plural dockings
- countableuncountableThe process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
- countableuncountablespace flightThe process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
- countableslanguncountablelifestyleA sex act where two partners are co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
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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 creatively stroke appendages.
1986 December 14, E. G. Martin, “Hot & Healthy: A Second Coming Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 7 - countableuncountablemolecular biologyA method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.
- countableuncountablecookingThe pricking of many small holes into doughs and pastry.
Docking3
plural Dockings · alternative Dockins
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF765370).
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Synonyms & antonyms
securing a vessel, connecting a spaceship
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
docking · noun
- Middle Englishdockyng
- Englishdocking
From Middle English dockyng. By surface analysis, dock + -ing.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Docking · proper noun
- Old Englishdocce“dock, a weedy plant”
- EnglishDocking
From Old English docce (“dock, a weedy plant”) + -ing.
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan amarrada, amarrament
- amarradasecuring of a vessel to the quayside with cables
- amarramentsecuring of a vessel to the quayside with cables
- amarramentprocess of connecting one spacecraft to another
Chinese Mandarin 對接 /对接
- 對接 /对接 (duìjiē)process of connecting one spacecraft to another
Danish kupering, studsning
- kuperingprocess of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal
- studsningprocess of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal
- dokningsecuring of a vessel to the quayside with cables
- sammenkoblingprocess of connecting one spacecraft to another
Dutch docking
- dockingsex act
Finnish typistäminen, kiinnittyminen
- typistäminenprocess of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal
- kiinnittyminensecuring of a vessel to the quayside with cables
- kiinnittäminensecuring of a vessel to the quayside with cables
- telakoituminenprocess of connecting one spacecraft to another
- telakointiprocess of connecting one spacecraft to another
- telakoituminensex act
- telakointi(molecular biology)
French caudectomie, amarrage
- caudectomieprocess of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal
- amarragesecuring of a vessel to the quayside with cables
- amarrageprocess of connecting one spacecraft to another
German Docking, Docking
- Dockingprocess of connecting one spacecraft to another
- Dockingsex act
Italian caudotomia, taglio della coda
- caudotomiaprocess of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal
- taglio della codaprocess of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal
- ormeggiosecuring of a vessel to the quayside with cables
- attraccosecuring of a vessel to the quayside with cables
- approdosecuring of a vessel to the quayside with cables
- aggancioprocess of connecting one spacecraft to another
- attraccoprocess of connecting one spacecraft to another
- aggancio molecolare(molecular biology)
Japanese ドッキング, ドッキング
- ドッキング (dokkingu)process of connecting one spacecraft to another
- ドッキングsex act
Norwegian Bokmål dokking
- dokkingsecuring of a vessel to the quayside with cables
Polish kopiowanie, dokowanie
- kopiowanieprocess of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal
- dokowanieprocess of connecting one spacecraft to another
Portuguese acoplamento
- acoplamentoprocess of connecting one spacecraft to another
Russian стыко́вка
- стыко́вка (stykóvka)process of connecting one spacecraft to another
Ukrainian купірування
- купірування (kupiruvannja)process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with docking
All rhymes →Cite this entry
docking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docking
“docking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/docking. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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