docking

About 0.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of dock
2. noun The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
3. noun The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
4. noun The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
5. noun A sex act where two partners are co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
6. noun A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.
7. noun The pricking of many small holes into doughs and pastry.

Similar words

mooring dropping anchor tying up matting tie-down ganging pinch egd core attach

Often followed by

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