docking

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

Plural dockings