docking
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See also: Docking
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ
Etymology 1
Verb
docking
- present participle and gerund of dock
Etymology 2
From Middle English dockyng. By surface analysis, dock + -ing.
Noun
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.
- 1986 December 14, E. G. Martin, “Hot & Healthy: A Second Coming Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 7:
- 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.
- (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
securing a vessel, connecting a spaceship
Coordinate terms
securing a vessel, connecting a spaceship
Derived terms
Translations
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
sex act
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(molecular biology)
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