dorking
dorking is the present participle and gerund of dork.
Meaning of dork
Verb
dork (third-person singular simple present dorks, present participle dorking, simple past and past participle dorked)
- To act or behave in the manner of a dork.
- To act or behave in an awkward or clumsy manner.
- I spent all weekend dorking with the router settings with no luck, though I could get any one out of my 5 PCs on the net when connected directly to the modem.2001 December 3, Jack Price, “Re: Anybody @home?”, in pdx.computing (Usenet)
Proper noun capitalized: Dorking
Dorking
- A market town, the seat of Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1649).
Noun capitalized: Dorking
Dorking (plural Dorkings)
- A Dorking fowl.
- Thus, a poultry-breeder describes a hen (colored Dorking) crowing like a cock, only somewhat more harshly, as a cockerel crows, and with an enormous comb, larger than is ever seen in the male1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)
Forms of dorking
| plural | Dorkings |
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Words formed from dorking
Phrases with dorking
Questions about dorking
- What does dorking mean?
- Dorking means a market town, the seat of Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1649).
- What is dorking the present participle and gerund of?
- Dorking is the present participle and gerund of dork.
- What part of speech is dorking?
- Dorking can be a proper noun or a noun.
Words near dorking in the dictionary
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