links up (verb) dock: land on the waterfront
Detalii: a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water'
Sinonime: active, all ears, bright, cagey,
careful,
circumspect,
clever, fast on the draw, good hands, heads up, heedful,
hip, intelligent, jazzed,
observant, on guard, on one's toes, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive,
perceptive, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, switched on, vigilant,
wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired,
wise, with it
Antonime: asleep, drowsy,
inattentive,
lethargic,
sluggish, unobservant,
weary