docking

IPA: dˈɑkɪŋ

The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
(nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
(astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
(sexuality, slang) The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
(molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.
A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF765370).
A habitational surname from Old English.

Examples of "docking" in Sentences

Work … lunchtime laptop in docking station, 21″ monitor perched on top.
Prick the bottom of the shell all over with a fork this is called docking.
For instance, they had what they called a docking system when I first came there.
In the cavernous interior of the ships main docking bay, three coffin like tanks came to life.
The Empire State Building, with a zeppelin docking, as imagined in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
A space station built for $100bn would need $10bn per year in docking fees for 10 years just to pay off it construction costs.
After the docking is completed, a full-sized module, called the BA-330 would be launched and dock with Sundancer and the propulsion module, completing the private orbital outpost.