Docking

Quick meaning: Docking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of dock.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of dock.

More Meanings

1. (transitive verb) Culinary term for pricking many small holes into doughs and pastry.
2. The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
3. (nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
4. (astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
5. (sexuality, slang, vulgar) The male homosexual sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
6. (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.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for docking

Depending on context, synonyms include mooring.

Antonyms for docking

Common opposites include undocking.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mooring, matting, tie-down, ganging, pinch, egd.

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