docking

verb, noun — 7 senses

docking

verb

Etymology From dock + -ing.

1

Gerund, Participle, Present present participle and gerund of dock

2

Culinary term for pricking many small holes into doughs and pastry.

docking

noun

Etymology From Middle English dockyng. By surface analysis, dock + -ing.

1

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

2

Nautical, Transport The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.

3

Aerospace, Astronautics, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.

4

Lifestyle, Sexuality Slang, Vulgar The male homosexual sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.

  • 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:
5

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

Molecular biology

Antonyms
undocking
Derived terms
autodocking, cross-docking, docking port, docking station, nondocking, redocking, space docking
Coordinate terms
berthing

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