Definitions for dockdɒk

dockdɒk(n.)

a landing pier.
Category: Navy
the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port.
Category: Navy
such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc.
Category: Navy
Category: Navy, Nautical
Ref: dry dock. 1
a platform for loading and unloading trucks, railway freight cars, etc.
(v.t.)to bring (a ship or boat) into a dock; lay up in a dock.
Category: Navy, Nautical
to place in dry dock, as for repairs or painting.
Category: Navy, Nautical
to join (an orbiting space vehicle) with another spacecraft or with a space station.
Category: Aerospace
(v.i.)to come or go into a dock.
Category: Navy
(of two space vehicles) to join together while in orbit.
Category: Aerospace

1505–15; < MD doc(ke)

dockdɒk(n.)

the solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair.
the part of a tail left after cutting or clipping.
(v.t.)to cut off the end of; cut short:
to dock a tail.
to cut short the tail of.
to deduct a part from (wages).
to deduct from the wages of, usu. as a punishment.
to deprive of something regularly enjoyed:
The campers were docked for disobeying their counselor.

1300–50; ME dok, OE -docca, in fingirdoccana (gen. pl.) finger muscles; c. Fris dok, LG docke bundle, MHG tocke bundle, sheaf

dockdɒk(n.)

1580–90; perh. < D dok (dial. sense) cage, pen, hutch

dockdɒk(n.)

any of various weedy plants of the genus Rumex, buckwheat family, having a long taproot and clusters of small flowers.
Category: Plants

bef. 1000; ME dokke, OE docce; c. MD docke, MHG tocke

dock(noun)
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
dock, sorrel, sour grass(noun)
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
pier, wharf, wharfage, dock(noun)
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
dock, loading dock(noun)
a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
dock, dockage, docking facility(noun)
landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
"the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"
dock(noun)
the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
bobtail, bob, dock(verb)
a short or shortened tail of certain animals
dock(verb)
come into dock
"the ship docked"
dock(verb)
deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
dock(verb)
deduct from someone's wages
dock, tail, bob(verb)
remove or shorten the tail of an animal
dock(verb)
maneuver into a dock
"dock the ships"

dock(noun)ɒk
a platform sticking out from land into a body of water
a sailboat tied up at the dock
dockɒk
the section of a port where the docks are

Origin: Originally criminal slang; from or akin to Dutch (Flemish) dok 'cage, hutch'.

Dock(noun)
a genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination
Dock(noun)
the solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting
Dock(noun)
a case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse
Dock(verb)
to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse
Dock(verb)
to cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages
Dock(verb)
to cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail
Dock(noun)
an artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide
Dock(noun)
the slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock
Dock(noun)
the place in court where a criminal or accused person stands
Dock(verb)
to draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc