Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

docking

/dˈɑkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
dock-ing
IPA
/dˈɑkɪŋ/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dock

noun

The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A sex act where two partners are co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

noun

A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The pricking of many small holes into doughs and pastry.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF765370).

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English docking From dock + -ing.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: dockyng, docce

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Questions

How do you pronounce docking?
The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɑkɪŋ/.
What does docking mean?
present participle and gerund of dock
Where does docking come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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