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docking

dock
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dok]
    • /dɒk/
    • /dɒk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dok]
    • /dɒk/

Definitions of docking word

  • noun docking the solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair. 1
  • noun docking the part of a tail left after cutting or clipping. 1
  • verb with object docking to cut off the end of; cut short: to dock a tail. 1
  • verb with object docking to cut short the tail of: to dock a horse. 1
  • verb with object docking to deduct from the wages of, usually as a punishment: The boss docked him a day's pay. 1
  • verb with object docking to deduct from (wages): The boss docked his paycheck $20. 1
See all 19 definitions of docking

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Origin of docking

First appearance:

before 1505
One of the 26% oldest English words
1505-15; < Middle Dutch doc(ke)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Docking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Docking

docking popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for docking

noun docking

  • landing — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
  • landfall — an approach to or sighting of land: The ship will make its landfall at noon tomorrow.

adjective docking

  • in the offing — the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground.
  • in view — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
  • coming — A coming event or time is an event or time that will happen soon.
  • in the wind — air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
  • in store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
All 7 Synonyms of docking

Top questions with docking

  • which of the following is recommended when docking your boat?
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Related words

  • dockage

    a curtailment; deduction, as from wages.

  • docking bridge

    a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.

  • agena

    a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.

  • boatslip

    a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.

  • bow thruster

    a propeller located in a ship's bow to provide added maneuverability, as when docking.

  • docking keel

    one of two keellike projections for bracing a hull of a ship against bilge blocks when the ship is in dry dock.
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