docking

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From dock +‎ -ing.

docking

1. present participle and gerund of dock

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

docking (plural dockings)

1. The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
2. (nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
3. (astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
4. (sexuality, slang) The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
   • 1986 December 14, E. G. Martin, “Hot & Healthy: A Second Coming Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 22, page 7:

     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.

5. (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.