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docker

/ˈdɑkɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
dock-er
IPA
/ˈdɑkɚ/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who performs docking, as of tails.

noun

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).

noun

Synonym of dockworker.

name

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).

name

A hamlet in Whittington parish, Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5774).

name

A small town in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia.

name

An English habitational surname from Old Norse.

Etymology

Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English docker From dock (verb) + -er.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈdɑkɚ/

Inflected Forms

dockers (plural)

Derived Forms

dockerin

Phrases

docker hole roller docker

Synonyms

dockworker stevedore loader dockhand dock worker dock-walloper lumper

Rhymes With

soccer locker rocker blocker shocker crocker gawker cocker shakur stocker fokker laugher

Questions

How do you pronounce docker?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɑkɚ/.
What does docker mean?
One who performs docking, as of tails.
Where does docker come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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