How to pronounce "docking"

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Phonetic Breakdown of "docking"

Learn how to break down "docking" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.

dock-ing
2 syllables

IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

D AA1 K IH0 NG
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Pronunciation Tips:

  • Stress the first syllable
  • Pay attention to vowel sounds
  • Practice each syllable separately

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Definition of "docking"

Verb

  • To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
  • To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
  • To cut off, bar, or destroy.
    Example: "to dock an entail"

Verb

  • To land at a harbour.
  • To join two moving items.
  • To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
  • To place (an electronic device) in its dock.
    Example: "I docked the laptop and allowed it to recharge for an hour."

Verb

  • To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.

Noun

  • The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
  • The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables
  • The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
  • The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins, coupling them together by their penises.
  • A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.

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