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Pronunciation: /dɒk/

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Definition of dock

verb

[with object]

1deduct (something, especially an amount of money or a point in a game):the agency enforce payments by docking money from the father’s salary [with two objects]:he was docked a penalty point

2cut short (an animal’s tail):their tails were docked

noun

the solid bony or fleshy part of an animal’s tail, excluding the hair.
the stump left after a tail has been docked.

Origin:

late Middle English: perhaps related to Frisian dok 'bunch, ball (of string etc.)' and German Docke 'doll'. The original noun sense was 'the solid part of an animal's tail', whence the verb sense 'cut short an animal's tail', later generalized to 'reduce, deduct'

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